The first inauguration of Jakaya Kikwete as the 4th president of Tanzania took place on Wednesday, 21 December 2005.

It marked the commencement of the first five-year term of Jakaya Kikwete as President and Ali Mohamed Shein as Vice President.

[1] Kikwete won the 2005 presidential election by a landslide receiving 80.28 percent of the popular vote.

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