President of Zanzibar

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President of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
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Hussein Mwinyi.jpg
Incumbent
Hussein Mwinyi
since 3 November 2020
Term length Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Abeid Karume
Formation12 January 1964
Deputy Vice 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.

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The president is elected by a plurality. Presidential terms are for five years, and a candidate may be re-elected only once. [1]

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

Political parties
   Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP)
   Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)
Symbols

† Died in office (assassinated)

People's Republic of Zanzibar

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		ElectedTerm of officePolitical party Prime minister(s)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Abeid Karume 1964.jpg Abeid Karume
(1905–1972)		–12 January 196426 April 1964105 days ASP Hanga

Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar

No.PortraitName
(Birth–Death)		ElectedTerm of officePolitical party Prime minister(s)
Took officeLeft officeTime in office
1 Abeid Karume 1964.jpg Abeid Karume
(1905–1972)		–26 April 19647 April 1972 [†] 7 years, 347 days ASP Position abolished
2 No image.png Aboud Jumbe
(1920–2016)		–7 April 197230 January 198411 years, 298 days ASP
(until 1977)
1980 CCM Baki
3 Ali Hassan Mwinyi.jpg Ali Hassan Mwinyi
(1925–2024)		 1984 30 January 198424 October 19851 year, 267 days CCM Hamad
4 No image.png Idris Abdul Wakil
(1925–2000)		 1985 24 October 198525 October 19905 years, 1 day CCM Hamad
Juma
5 No image.png Salmin Amour
(born 1942)		 1990
1995 		25 October 19908 November 200010 years, 14 days CCM Juma
Bilal
6 Amani Abeid Karume.jpg Amani Abeid Karume
(born 1948)		 2000
2005 		8 November 20003 November 20109 years, 360 days CCM Bilal
Nahodha
7 Ali Mohamed Shein, September 2014 (cropped).jpg Ali Mohamed Shein
(born 1948)		 2010
2015 [a]
2016 		3 November 20103 November 202010 years CCM Nahodha
Position abolished
8 Hussein Mwinyi.jpg Hussein Mwinyi
(born 1966)		 2020 3 November 2020Incumbent4 years, 196 days CCM

Notes

  1. ↑ Annulled.

Timeline

Hussein MwinyiAli Mohamed SheinAmani Abeid KarumeSalmin AmourIdris Abdul WakilAli Hassan MwinyiAboud JumbeAbeid KarumePresident of Zanzibar

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Zanzibar: Electoral system". Electoral Institute of Southern Africa. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2009.


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