President of Zanzibar
| President of Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba | |
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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 of the Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba (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.
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
President of the People's Republic of Zanzibar
| № | Portrait | President (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Elected | Political affiliation (at time of appointment) |
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
| № | Portrait | President (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Elected | Political affiliation (at time of appointment) |
Chief 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 | 1965 1970 |
Afro-Shirazi Party | Position abolished | |
| 2 |  |
Aboud Jumbe (1920–2016) |
7 April 1972 | 30 January 1984 | 11 years, 298 days | 1975 | Afro-Shirazi Party | ||
| 1980 | Chama Cha Mapinduzi[2] | Baki | |||||||
| 3 |  |
Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925–) |
30 January 1984 | 24 October 1985 | 1 year, 267 days | – | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Hamad | |
| 4 | |
Idris Abdul Wakil (1925–2000) |
24 October 1985 | 25 October 1990 | 5 years, 1 day | 1985 | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Hamad Juma |
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| 5 | |
Salmin Amour (1948–) |
25 October 1990 | 8 November 2000 | 10 years, 14 days | 1990 1995 |
Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Juma Bilal |
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| 6 |  |
Amani Abeid Karume (1948–) |
8 November 2000 | 3 November 2010 | 9 years, 360 days | 2000 2005 |
Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Bilal Nahodha |
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| 7 |  |
Ali Mohamed Shein (1948–) |
3 November 2010 | 3 November 2020 | 10 years, 0 days | 2010 2015 |
Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Nahodha | |
| Position abolished | |||||||||
| 8 |  |
Hussein Mwinyi (1966–) |
3 November 2020 | Incumbent | 166 days | 2020 | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | ||
See also
References
- ^ "Zanzibar: Electoral system". Electoral Institute of Southern Africa. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
- ^ Founded in 1977
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