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See also:	Other events of 2016 Timeline of Tanzanian history

Events in the year 2016 in Tanzania.

Incumbents

• President: John Magufuli
• Vice-President: Samia Suluhu
• Prime Minister: Kassim Majaliwa
• Chief Justice: Mohamed Chande Othman

Events

• 10 September – A magnitude 5.9 earthquake killed 19 people and injured 253 in Tanzania.

Sport

• 5-21 August – Tanzania at the 2016 Summer Olympics: 7 competitors in 3 sports

Deaths

• 4 March – Joseph Rwegasira politician and diplomat (b. 1935).

• 13 April – Matthias Joseph Isuja, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1929).

• 14 August – Aboud Jumbe, politician (b. 1920)

• 7 November – Samuel Sitta, politician (b. 1942)

References

1. "M5.9 - 22km NE of Nsunga, Tanzania". United States Geological Survey. 10 September 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
2. "Tanzania: Earthquake Death Toll 19, Officials Say". The Citizen. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
3. "Tanzania: Veteran Politician Rwegasira Laid to Rest At Home Village". Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
4. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dodoma, Tanzania". gcatholic.org. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

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