President Of Zanzibar
The president of Zanzibar (Swahili: Rais wa Zanzibar) is the head of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, which is a semi-autonomous government within Tanzania.
The current president is Hussein Mwinyi. The president is also the chairman of the Revolutionary Council, whose members are appointed by the president, and some of which must be selected from the House of Representatives.
| President of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar | |
|---|---|
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| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Abeid Karume |
| Formation | 12 January 1964 |
| Deputy | Vice President of Zanzibar |
The president is elected by a plurality. Presidential terms are for five years, and a candidate may be re-elected only once.
Following the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964, Abeid Karume became the first president of Zanzibar, as leader of the Afro-Shirazi Party.
List of presidents of Zanzibar
President of the People's Republic of Zanzibar
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 |  | Abeid Karume (1905–1972) | – | 12 January 1964 | 26 April 1964 | 105 days | Afro-Shirazi Party | Hanga |
Presidents of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | | Abeid Karume (1905–1972) | – | 26 April 1964 | 7 April 1972 (assassinated.) | 7 years, 347 days | Afro-Shirazi Party | Position abolished |
| 2 |  | Aboud Jumbe (1920–2016) | – | 7 April 1972 | 30 January 1984 | 11 years, 298 days | ||
| 1980 | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Baki | ||||||
| 3 |  | Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925–2024) | 1984 | 30 January 1984 | 24 October 1985 | 1 year, 267 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Hamad |
| 4 | | Idris Abdul Wakil (1925–2000) | 1985 | 24 October 1985 | 25 October 1990 | 5 years, 1 day | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Hamad Juma |
| 5 | | Salmin Amour (born 1948) | 1990 1995 | 25 October 1990 | 8 November 2000 | 10 years, 14 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Juma Bilal |
| 6 |  | Amani Abeid Karume (born 1948) | 2000 2005 | 8 November 2000 | 3 November 2010 | 9 years, 360 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Bilal Nahodha |
| 7 | .jpg) | Ali Mohamed Shein (born 1948) | 2010 2015 2016 | 3 November 2010 | 3 November 2020 | 10 years | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Nahodha |
| Position abolished | ||||||||
| 8 |  | Hussein Mwinyi (born 1966) | 2020 | 3 November 2020 | Incumbent | 3 years, 180 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | |
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