The World - News from Aug. 16, 1985
Tanzania’s ruling party elected Vice President Ali Hassan Mwinyi to succeed President Julius Nyerere, 63, who plans to step down this year after leading his country since independence in 1961. Delegates at a special convention of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party voted 1,731 to 14 for Mwinyi in a secret ballot. According to the constitution, the vote means that Mwinyi, 60, who has a reputation as a moderate economic reformer, will be the sole candidate in October.
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