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President of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
Flag of Zanzibar.svg
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Hussein Mwinyi.jpg
Incumbent
Hussein Mwinyi

since 3 November 2020
Term length Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Abeid Karume
Formation 12 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.

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

Political parties

     Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP)      Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)

Symbols

Died in office (assassinated)

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 1964.jpg Abeid Karume
(1905–1972)
12 January 1964 26 April 1964 105 days ASP 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 1964.jpg Abeid Karume
(1905–1972)
26 April 1964 7 April 1972 7 years, 347 days ASP Position abolished
2 No image.png Aboud Jumbe
(1920–2016)
7 April 1972 30 January 1984 11 years, 298 days ASP
(until 1977)
1980 CCM Baki
3 Ali Hassan Mwinyi.jpg Ali Hassan Mwinyi
(1925–2024)
1984 30 January 1984 24 October 1985 1 year, 267 days CCM Hamad
4 No image.png Idris Abdul Wakil
(1925–2000)
1985 24 October 1985 25 October 1990 5 years, 1 day CCM Hamad
Juma
5 No image.png Salmin Amour
(born 1948)
1990
1995
25 October 1990 8 November 2000 10 years, 14 days CCM Juma
Bilal
6 Amani Abeid Karume.jpg Amani Abeid Karume
(born 1948)
2000
2005
8 November 2000 3 November 2010 9 years, 360 days CCM Bilal
Nahodha
7 Ali Mohamed Shein, September 2014 (cropped).jpg Ali Mohamed Shein
(born 1948)
2010
2015
2016
3 November 2010 3 November 2020 10 years CCM Nahodha
Position abolished
8 Hussein Mwinyi.jpg Hussein Mwinyi
(born 1966)
2020 3 November 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 52 days CCM

See also

  • Politics of Tanzania
  • List of governors of Tanganyika
  • President of Tanzania
    • 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
  • List of heads of government of Zanzibar
  • Vice President of Zanzibar
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