Vice-President of Tanzania

The vice-president of Tanzania holds the second-highest political office in the 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.

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

  Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP)

  Tanganyika African National Union (TANU)

  Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)

After the union between Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964, Tanzania had two vice-presidents, First and Second until the creation of a single office in 1995.

First vice-presidents

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	President(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1	File:Abeid Karume 1964.jpg	Abeid Karume (1905–1972)	29 October 1964	7 April 1972	Template:Ayd	ASP	Nyerere
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2	File:No image.png	Aboud Jumbe (1920–2016)	7 April 1972	30 January 1984	Template:Ayd	ASP (until 1977)
style="background:Template:Party color;"|						CCM
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3	File:Ali Hassan Mwinyi.jpg	Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925–2024)	30 January 1984	5 November 1985	Template:Ayd	CCM
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 4	File:No image.png	Joseph Warioba (born 1940)	5 November 1985	9 November 1990	Template:Ayd	CCM	Mwinyi
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 5	File:John Malecela (cropped).jpg	John Malecela (born 1934)	9 November 1990	5 December 1994	Template:Ayd	CCM
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 6	File:Cleopa David Msuya.jpg	Cleopa Msuya (1931–2025)	5 December 1994	23 November 1995	Template:Ayd	CCM

Second vice-presidents

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	President(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1	File:Rashidi Kawawa (cropped).jpg	Rashidi Kawawa (1926–2009)	26 April 1964	13 February 1977	Template:Ayd	TANU (until 1977)	Nyerere
style="background:Template:Party color;"|						CCM
Post vacant (13 February 1977 – 5 November 1985)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2	File:No image.png	Idris Abdul Wakil (1925–2009)	5 November 1985	9 November 1990	Template:Ayd	CCM	Mwinyi
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3	File:No image.png	Salmin Amour (born 1948)	9 November 1990	23 November 1995	Template:Ayd	CCM

Vice-presidents (single office)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	President(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 1	File:No image.png	Omar Ali Juma (1941–2001)	23 November 1995	4 July 2001	Template:Ayd	CCM	Mkapa
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 2	File:Ali Mohamed Shein, September 2014 (cropped).jpg	Ali Mohamed Shein (born 1948)	13 July 2001	3 November 2010	Template:Ayd	CCM	Mkapa Kikwete
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 3	File:Mohamed Gharib Bilal.jpg	Mohamed Gharib Bilal (born 1945)	6 November 2010	5 November 2015	Template:Ayd	CCM	Kikwete
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 4	File:Samia Suluhu Hassan in May 2017.jpg	Samia Suluhu Hassan (born 1960)	5 November 2015	19 March 2021	Template:Ayd	CCM	Magufuli
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 5	File:Philip Isdory Mpango (cropped).jpg	Philip Mpango (born 1957)	31 March 2021	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	CCM	Suluhu

Timeline

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 from: 06/11/2010 till: 05/11/2015 color:ccm  text:"Mohamed Gharib Bilal"
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See also

• President of Tanzania

External links

• Official website