President of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
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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

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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. ^[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 [ edit ]

President of the People's Republic of Zanzibar [ edit ]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth?Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party	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 [ edit ]

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth?Death)	Elected	Term of office			Political party	Prime 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	Afro-Shirazi Party	Position abolished
2		Aboud Jumbe (1920?2016)	?	7 April 1972	30 January 1984	11 years, 298 days
			1980				Chama Cha Mapinduzi [a]	Baki
3		Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925?2024)	1984	30 January 1984	24 October 1985	1 year, 267 days	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	Hamad
4		Idris Abdul Wakil (1925?2000)	1985	24 October 1985	25 October 1990	5 years, 1 day	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	Hamad Juma
5		Salmin Amour (born 1948)	1990 1995	25 October 1990	8 November 2000	10 years, 14 days	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	Juma Bilal
6		Amani Abeid Karume (born 1948)	2000 2005	8 November 2000	3 November 2010	9 years, 360 days	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	Bilal Nahodha
7		Ali Mohamed Shein (born 1948)	2010 2015 [b] 2016	3 November 2010	3 November 2020	10 years	Chama Cha Mapinduzi	Nahodha
								Position abolished
8		Hussein Mwinyi (born 1966)	2020	3 November 2020	Incumbent	3 years, 202 days	Chama Cha Mapinduzi

Notes [ edit ]

Timeline [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

• 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

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• World Statesmen - Zanzibar
• Government of Zanzibar

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