President of Tanzania

President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania (Swahili)
Coat of arms of Tanzania
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Samia Suluhu Hassan 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)
Formation	29 October 1964;61 years ago (1964-10-29)
First holder	Julius Nyerere
Deputy	Vice-President of Tanzania
Salary	98,287,560 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.

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 2025, 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] [4]}

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." ^[5]

List

Main article: List of heads of state of Tanzania

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Latest election

Main article: 2025 Tanzanian general election

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Samia Suluhu Hassan	Emmanuel John Nchimbi	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	31,913,866	97.66
	Mwalim Salum Juma	Devota Mathew Minja	Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma	213,414	0.65
	Gombo Samandito Gombo	Husna Mohamed Abdalla	Civic United Front	164,050	0.50
	Almas Hassan Kisabya	Ali Khamis Hassan	National Reconstruction Alliance	99,396	0.30
	Coaster Jimmy Kibonde	Azza Haji Suleiman	Chama Cha Makini	59,117	0.18
	Kunje Ngombale Mwiru	Chum Juma Abdalla	Alliance for African Farmers Party	42,457	0.13
	Abdul Juma Mluya	Sadoun Abrahman Khatib	Democratic Party	26,257	0.08
	Ambar Khamis Haji	Evaline Wilbard Munisi	NCCR–Mageuzi	25,190	0.08
	Saum Hussein Rashid	Juma Khamisi Faki	United Democratic Party	21,964	0.07
	Doyo Hassan Doyo	Chausiku Khatib Mohammed	National League for Democracy	18,037	0.06
	Rwamugira Mbatina Yustas	Amana Suleiman Mzee	Tanzania Labour Party	17,583	0.05
	Bussungu Georges Gabriel	Makame Ali Issa	African Democratic Alliance Party	14,377	0.04
	Noty Mwajuma Mirambo	Mashavu Alawi Haji	Union for Multiparty Democracy	13,814	0.04
	Kyara Majalio Paul	Satia Mussa Bebwa	Sauti ya Umma	13,203	0.04
	Wilson Elias Mulumbe	Shoka Khamis Juma	Alliance for Democratic Change	12,898	0.04
	Mwaijojele David Daud	Masoud Ali Abdalla	Chama Cha Kijamii	12,516	0.04
	Twalib Ibrahim Kadege	Abdalla Mohamed Khamis	United People's Democratic Party	10,705	0.03
Total				32,678,844	100.00
Source: EATV

See also

• Politics of Tanzania
• List of governors of Tanganyika
• List of heads of state of Tanzania
• Vice-President of Tanzania
• Prime Minister of Tanzania
  • List of prime ministers of Tanzania
• List of sultans of Zanzibar
• President of Zanzibar
• Vice President of Zanzibar
• List of heads of government of Zanzibar

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. 2005)". The Constitute Project. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
5. "Tanzania (United Republic of) 1977 (rev. 1995) Constitution - Constitute". www.constituteproject.org. Retrieved 18 March 2021.