John Magufuli

===2020 presidential election===
{{See also|2020 Tanzanian general election}}
In July 2020, Magufuli was nominated as the CCM's presidential candidate in elections scheduled for October 2020. His nomination was not opposed after the expulsion from the party earlier in the year of [[Bernard Membe]], a former foreign minister who had planned to challenge the [[2020 Chama Cha Mapinduzi presidential primaries|nomination]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tanzania's Ruling Party Nominates Magufuli for Re-Election|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-11/tanzania-s-ruling-party-nominates-magufuli-for-re-election|access-date=21 March 2020|website=Bloomberg|language=en|url-access=limited|date=11 July 2020|first=Fumbuka|last=Ng'Wanakilala}}</ref> He received the highest votes and was therefore re-elected to extend his presidency until 2025 for a second term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latestnewssouthafrica.com/2021/03/17/tanzania-president-john-magafuli-dies-at-the-age-of-61/|title=Tanzania president John Magafuli dies at the age of 61|date=17 March 2021|access-date=21 March 2021|work=Latest News South Africa}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/news/Magufuli-wins-Tanzania-s-presidency-for-the-second-term/1840340-5637358-3ahqjq/index.html|title=Tanzania Election 2020: Magufuli wins Tanzania's presidency for a second term|work=The Citizen|date=30 October 2020|location=Tanzania|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>

According to [[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]], "The election was marred by allegations of arrests of candidates and protesters, restrictions on agents of political parties to access polling stations, multiple voting, pre-ticking of ballots, and widespread blocking of social media." A local elections watchdog group noted a heavy deployment of military and police whose conduct created a "climate of fear".<ref>{{cite news|title=Magufuli wins re-election in Tanzania; opposition cries foul|work=Al Jazeera|date=30 October 2020|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/30/magufuli-wins-re-election-in-tanzania-says-electoral-commission|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> Writing in the ''[[Journal of Democracy]]'', political scientist Dan Paget stated that "The CCM sweep was an authoritarian landslide, achieved through electoral manipulation that was unprecedented in both scale and audacity. This was accompanied by high levels of violent oppression".<ref name="Paget2021">{{cite journal|last1=Paget|first1=Dan|title=Tanzania: The Authoritarian Landslide|journal=Journal of Democracy|volume=32|issue=2|year=2021|pages=61–76|doi=10.1353/jod.2021.0019|hdl=2164/16518|s2cid=234993696|hdl-access=free}}</ref>