President of Zanzibar
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The president of Zanzibar (Template:Langx) 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
- Political parties
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People's Republic of Zanzibar
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Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1 | File:Abeid Karume 1964.jpg | Abeid Karume (1905–1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
– | 12 January 1964 | 26 April 1964 | Template:Ayd | ASP | Hanga |
Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
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Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | ||
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1 | File:Abeid Karume 1964.jpg | Abeid Karume (1905–1972)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
– | 26 April 1964 | 7 April 1972<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[†] | Template:Ayd | ASP | Position abolished |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2 | File:No image.png | Aboud Jumbe (1920–2016)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
– | 7 April 1972 | 30 January 1984 | Template:Ayd | ASP (until 1977)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| style="background:Template:Party color;"| | 1980 | CCM | Baki | |||||
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3 | File:Ali Hassan Mwinyi.jpg | Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925–2024)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1984 | 30 January 1984 | 24 October 1985 | Template:Ayd | CCM | Hamad |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 4 | File:No image.png | Idris Abdul Wakil (1925–2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1985 | 24 October 1985 | 25 October 1990 | Template:Ayd | CCM | Hamad Juma |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 5 | File:No image.png | Salmin Amour (born 1942)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1990 1995 |
25 October 1990 | 8 November 2000 | Template:Ayd | CCM | Juma Bilal |
| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 6 | File:Amani Abeid Karume.jpg | Amani Abeid Karume (born 1948)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2000 2005 |
8 November 2000 | 3 November 2010 | Template:Ayd | CCM | Bilal Nahodha |
| rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 7 | File:Ali Mohamed Shein, September 2014 (cropped).jpg | Ali Mohamed Shein (born 1948)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2010 2015Template:Efn 2016 |
3 November 2010 | 3 November 2020 | Template:Age in years years | CCM | Nahodha |
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| style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 8 | File:Hussein Mwinyi.jpg | Hussein Mwinyi (born 1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2020 | 3 November 2020 | Incumbent | Template:Ayd | CCM | |
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Notes
Timeline
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See also
- Politics of Tanzania
- List of governors of Tanganyika
- President of Tanzania
- Vice-President of Tanzania
- Prime Minister of Tanzania
- List of sultans of Zanzibar
- List of heads of government of Zanzibar
- Vice President of Zanzibar
References
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