Nyerere was reelected president of Tanzania in 1965 and was returned to serve three more successive five-year terms before he resigned as president in 1985 and handed over his office to his successor, Ali Hassan Mwinyi
Nyerere anasankhidwanso kukhala mtsogoleri wa dziko la Tanzania mu 1965 ndipo adabwezedwa kuti akagwire ntchito zina zitatu zotsatizana zaka zisanu asanasiye utsogoleri mu 1985 ndipo adapereka udindo wake kwa wolowa m'malo mwake, Ali Hassan Mwinyi