President of Tanzania

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President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
Coat of arms of Tanzania.svg
Coat of arms of Tanzania
Flag of the President of Tanzania.svg
Presidential Standard
Samia Suluhu Hassan in May 2017.jpg
since 19 March 2021
Executive branch of the Government of Tanzania
Style Her Excellency
Mheshimiwa Rais (Swahili)
Type Head of state
Head of government
Member of Cabinet
Residence Ikulu
Seat Dodoma
Term length Five years,
renewable once
Constituting instrument Constitution of Tanzania (1977)
Formation29 October 1964;60 years ago (1964-10-29)
First holder Julius Nyerere
Deputy Vice-President of Tanzania
Salary98,287,560 Tanzanian shilling/US$42,000 annually [1]
Website www.ikulu.go.tz

The President of the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili : Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) is the head of state and head of government [2] of Tanzania.

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Samia Suluhu Hassan, sworn in on 19 March 2021, is the first female president of the United Republic of Tanzania. She succeeded John Magufuli following his death on 17 March 2021.

Presidential term

The president serves a term of five years. As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Tanzania. The first president for whom the term limits applied was Mwinyi in 1995. [3]

Executive powers

The president of Tanzania is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and is "accountable to a legislature composed of elected members and representative of the people." [4]

List

After its independence in 1961 as Tanganyika, the country was first led by Richard Turnbull as governor-general until Julius Nyerere became the first and only president under the 1962 constitution. The 1964 constitution after the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar has had 6 presidents with each serving multiple terms except Samia Suluhu Hassan. Julius Nyerere served 5 terms total from 1962–1985, having served 4 terms under the 1964 constitution. All presidents of Tanzania have been from the Tanganyika African National Union party which later merged to become the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party.

Latest election

CandidateRunning matePartyVotes%
John Magufuli Samia Suluhu Chama cha Mapinduzi 12,516,25284.40
Tundu Lissu Salum Mwalimu Juma Chadema 1,933,27113.04
Bernard Kamillius MembeOmar Fakih Hamad Alliance for Change and Transparency 81,1290.55
Leopord Lucas MahonaKhamis Ali Hassan National Reconstruction Alliance 80,7870.54
Ibrahim Haruna LipumbaHamida Huweishil Abdalla Civic United Front 72,8850.49
John Paul ShibudaHassan Kornely Kijogoo Tanzania Democratic Alliance 33,0860.22
Hashim Spunda RungweMohammed Massoud Rashid Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma 32,8780.22
Yeremia Kulwa MaganjaKhamis Haji Ambar NCCR–Mageuzi 19,9690.13
Muttamwega Bhatt MgaywaSatia Mussa Bebwa Sauti ya Umma 14,9220.10
Cecilia Augustino MwangaTabu Mussa JumaAttentive Democracy Party14,5560.10
Philipo John FumboZaina Juma Khamis Democratic Party 8,2830.06
Queen Cuthbert SendigaKhamis Juma Shoka Alliance for Democratic Change 7,6270.05
Twalib Ibrahim KadegeRamadhan Ali Abdallah United People's Democratic Party 6,1940.04
Seif Maalim SeifRashid Ligania RaiAlliance for African Farmers Party4,6350.03
Khalfan Mohammed MazruiMashavu Alawi Haji Union for Multiparty Democracy 3,7210.03
Total14,830,195100.00
Valid votes14,830,19598.27
Invalid/blank votes261,7551.73
Total votes15,091,950100.00
Registered voters/turnout29,754,69950.72

See also

References

  1. ↑ wa Simbiye, Finnigan (6 December 2013). "PM scoffs at super salary rumour". Daily News (Tanzania) . Dodoma. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Tanzania National Website". Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph. "Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa". Africa Center for Strategic Studies.
  4. ↑ "Tanzania (United Republic of) 1977 (rev. 1995) Constitution - Constitute". www.constituteproject.org. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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