The World - News from Jan. 13, 1985
Tanzanian President Julius K. Nyerere told diplomats at a new year reception that he will not run for reelection when his term expires at the end of the year, the official radio reported. Nyerere, 62, has headed the East African nation since it gained independence in 1961. He has expressed the intention to quit many times since 1975, but changed his mind in 1980 when he accepted his party’s nomination for another five-year term. He said at the time that it would be his last.
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