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{{Short description|Second-highest political office in Tanzania}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox official post
|post                     = Vice-President 
|body                     = the<br>United Republic of Tanzania
|native_name              = {{lang|sw|Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania}}
|flag                     = Flag of Tanzania.svg    
|flagsize                 = 125         
|flagcaption              = [[Flag of Tanzania]]
|insignia                 = Coat of arms of Tanzania.svg
|insigniasize             = 100
|insigniacaption          = [[Coat of arms of Tanzania]]
|image                    = Philip Isdory Mpango (cropped).jpg
|imagesize                = 200
|alt                      = 
|incumbent                = [[Philip Mpango]]
|incumbentsince           = 30 March 2021
|department               = 
|style                    = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
|member_of                = [[Cabinet of Tanzania|Cabinet]]
|reports_to               = 
|residence                = <!-- Name of official residence, if any. -->
|seat                     = [[Dodoma]], [[Tanzania]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/13/c_138467122.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191012200906/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-10/13/c_138467122.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= October 12, 2019 |title= Tanzanian president officially moves to new capital Dodoma: presidency |website= Xinhua |date=October 13, 2019}}</ref>
|nominator                = 
|appointer                =  
|appointer_qualified      = 
|termlength               = Five years, renewable once
|termlength_qualified     = <!-- Qualifying statement. -->
|constituting_instrument  = [[Constitution of Tanzania|1977 Constitution]]
|precursor                = <!-- The immediate predecessor post(s). -->
|formation                = {{start date and age|df=y|1964}}
|first                    = [[Abeid Karume]]
|last                     = <!-- Optional. -->
|succession               = 
|salary                   = US$4,375 monthly<ref>{{cite news |last=wa Simbiye |first=Finnigan |date=6 December 2013 |title=PM scoffs at super salary rumour |url=http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/25498-pm-scoffs-at-super-salary-rumour-for-top-3 |newspaper=[[Daily News (Tanzania)]] |location=[[Dodoma]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217020728/http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/25498-pm-scoffs-at-super-salary-rumour-for-top-3 |archive-date=17 December 2013 |access-date=17 December 2013  }}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.vpo.go.tz}} 
}}

The '''vice-president of Tanzania''' holds the second-highest political office in the [[Tanzania|United Republic of Tanzania]]. The vice president runs on a single ticket with the [[President of Tanzania]], and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.

Per Article 37 of the [[Constitution of Tanzania]], if the president dies, resigns, is permanently incapacitated, or is disqualified, the vice-president ascends to the presidency for the balance of the term. Under Article 40, a vice-president who ascends to the presidency in this manner is eligible to run for two full terms in their own right if there are fewer than three years remaining in the five-year term. If the vice-president ascends with more than three years remaining, they are only eligible for one full term.<ref name=Constitution>{{cite web |url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Tanzania_2005?lang=#399 |title=Constitution of Tanzania}}</ref>

For example, when [[Samia Suluhu Hassan]] became the first vice-president to directly ascend to the presidency, she did so only one year after being reelected as the running mate of her predecessor, [[John Magufuli]]. While she would be eligible to run for a full term in 2025, if she won she would have to leave office in 2030.

==List of vice-presidents of Tanzania==
;Political parties
{{legend|{{party color|Afro-Shirazi Party}}|[[Afro-Shirazi Party]] (ASP)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Tanganyika African National Union}}|[[Tanganyika African National Union]] (TANU)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend|{{party color|Chama Cha Mapinduzi}}|[[Chama Cha Mapinduzi]] (CCM)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

After the union between [[Tanganyika (1961–1964)|Tanganyika]] and the [[People's Republic of Zanzibar]] to form the [[Tanzania|United Republic of Tanzania]] in 1964, Tanzania had two vice-presidents, First and Second until the creation of a single office in 1995.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vpo.go.tz/document_storage/leaders.pdf |title=List of Tanzanian Vice Presidents |publisher= Vice President's Office |access-date=31 May 2013}}</ref>

===First vice-presidents===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |[[President of Tanzania|President(s)]]
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Afro-Shirazi Party}}; color:white;"| 1
| [[File:Abeid Karume 1964.jpg|90px]]
| [[Abeid Karume]]<br />{{small|(1905–1972)}}
| {{nowrap|29 October}} 1964
| {{nowrap|7 April}} 1972
| {{ayd|1964|10|29|1972|4|7}}
| [[Afro-Shirazi Party|ASP]]
| rowspan=4|[[Julius Nyerere|Nyerere]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Afro-Shirazi Party}}; color:white;"| 2
| rowspan=2|[[File:No image.png|90px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Aboud Jumbe]]<br />{{small|(1920–2016)}}
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|7 April}} 1972
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|30 January}} 1984
| rowspan=2|{{ayd|1972|4|7|1984|1|30}}
| [[Afro-Shirazi Party|ASP]]<br />{{small|(until 1977)}}
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}};"|
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}}; color:white;"| 3
| [[File:Ali Hassan Mwinyi.jpg|90px]]
| [[Ali Hassan Mwinyi]]<br />{{small|(1925–2024)}}
| {{nowrap|30 January}} 1984
| {{nowrap|5 November}} 1985
| {{ayd|1984|1|30|1985|11|5}}
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}}; color:white;"| 4
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[Joseph Warioba]]<br />{{small|(born 1940)}}
| {{nowrap|5 November}} 1985
| {{nowrap|9 November}} 1990
| {{ayd|1985|11|5|1990|11|9}}
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
| rowspan=3|[[Ali Hassan Mwinyi|Mwinyi]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}}; color:white;"| 5
| [[File:John Malecela (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[John Malecela]]<br />{{small|(born 1934)}}
| {{nowrap|9 November}} 1990
| {{nowrap|5 December}} 1994
| {{ayd|1990|11|9|1994|12|5}}
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}}; color:white;"| 6
| [[File:Cleopa David Msuya.jpg|90px]]
| [[Cleopa Msuya]]<br />{{small|(1931–2025)}}
| {{nowrap|5 December}} 1994
| {{nowrap|23 November}} 1995
| {{ayd|1994|12|5|1995|11|23}}
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
|}

===Second vice-presidents===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |[[President of Tanzania|President(s)]]
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Tanganyika African National Union}}; color:white;"| 1
| rowspan=2|[[File:Rashidi Kawawa (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Rashidi Kawawa]]<br />{{small|(1926–2009)}}
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|26 April}} 1964
| rowspan=2|{{nowrap|13 February}} 1977
| rowspan=2|{{ayd|1964|4|26|1977|2|13}}
| [[Tanganyika African National Union|TANU]]<br />{{small|(until 1977)}}
| rowspan=2|[[Julius Nyerere|Nyerere]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}};"|
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
|-
| colspan="8" |Post vacant (13 February 1977 – 5 November 1985)
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}}; color:white;"| 2
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[Idris Abdul Wakil]]<br />{{small|(1925–2009)}}
| {{nowrap|5 November}} 1985
| {{nowrap|9 November}} 1990
| {{ayd|1985|11|5|1990|11|9}}
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
| rowspan=2|[[Ali Hassan Mwinyi|Mwinyi]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}}; color:white;"| 3
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[Salmin Amour]]<br />{{small|(born 1948)}}
| {{nowrap|9 November}} 1990
| {{nowrap|23 November}} 1995
| {{ayd|1990|11|9|1995|11|23}}
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
|}

===Vice-presidents (single office)===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" |[[President of Tanzania|President(s)]]
|-
! Took office
! Left office
! Time in office
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}}; color:white;"| 1
| [[File:No image.png|90px]]
| [[Omar Ali Juma]]<br />{{small|(1941–2001)}}
| {{nowrap|23 November}} 1995
| {{nowrap|4 July}} 2001
| {{ayd|1995|11|23|2001|7|4}}
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
| [[Benjamin Mkapa|Mkapa]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}}; color:white;"| 2
| [[File:Ali Mohamed Shein, September 2014 (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Ali Mohamed Shein]]<br />{{small|(born 1948)}}
| {{nowrap|13 July}} 2001
| {{nowrap|3 November}} 2010
| {{ayd|2001|7|13|2010|11|3}}
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
| Mkapa<br />[[Jakaya Kikwete|Kikwete]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}}; color:white;"| 3
| [[File:Mohamed Gharib Bilal.jpg|90px]]
| [[Mohamed Gharib Bilal]]<br />{{small|(born 1945)}}
| {{nowrap|6 November}} 2010
| {{nowrap|5 November}} 2015
| {{ayd|2010|11|6|2015|11|5}}
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
| Kikwete
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}}; color:white;"| 4
| [[File:Samia Suluhu Hassan in May 2017.jpg|90px]]
| [[Samia Suluhu Hassan]]<br />{{small|(born 1960)}}
| {{nowrap|5 November}} 2015
| {{nowrap|19 March}} 2021
| {{ayd|2015|11|5|2021|3|19}}
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
| [[John Magufuli|Magufuli]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Chama cha Mapinduzi}}; color:white;"| 5
| [[File:Philip Isdory Mpango (cropped).jpg|90px]]
| [[Philip Mpango]]<br />{{small|(born 1957)}}
| {{nowrap|31 March}} 2021
| Incumbent
| {{ayd|2021|3|31}}
| [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi|CCM]]
| [[Samia Suluhu Hassan|Suluhu]]
|}

==Timeline==
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  from: 29/10/1964 till: 07/04/1972 color:asp  text:"[[Abeid Karume]]"
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  from: 05/11/1985 till: 09/11/1990 color:ccm  text:"[[Joseph Warioba]]"
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  from: 05/11/1985 till: 09/11/1990 color:ccm  text:"[[Idris Abdul Wakil]]"
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  from: 09/11/1990 till: 05/12/1994 color:ccm  text:"[[John Malecela]]"
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  from: 09/11/1990 till: 23/11/1995 color:ccm  text:"[[Salmin Amour]]"
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  from: 05/12/1994 till: 23/11/1995 color:ccm  text:"[[Cleopa Msuya]]"
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  from: 23/11/1995 till: 04/07/2001 color:ccm  text:"[[Omar Ali Juma]]"
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  from: 13/07/2001 till: 03/11/2010 color:ccm  text:"[[Ali Mohamed Shein]]"
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  from: 05/11/2015 till: 19/03/2021 color:ccm  text:"[[Samia Suluhu Hassan]]"
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  from: 31/03/2021 till: $today     color:ccm  text:"[[Philip Mpango]]"

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==See also==
{{Politics of Tanzania}}
* [[President of Tanzania]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.vpo.go.tz/ Official website]

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