President of Zanzibar facts for kids

Quick facts for kids President of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
Flag of Zanzibar
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 (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 (1905–1972)	–	26 April 1964	7 April 1972	7 years, 347 days	ASP	Position abolished
2		Aboud Jumbe (1920–2016)	–	7 April 1972	30 January 1984	11 years, 298 days	ASP (until 1977)
			1980				CCM	Baki
3		Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925–2024)	1984	30 January 1984	24 October 1985	1 year, 267 days	CCM	Hamad
4		Idris Abdul Wakil (1925–2000)	1985	24 October 1985	25 October 1990	5 years, 1 day	CCM	Hamad Juma
5		Salmin Amour (born 1948)	1990 1995	25 October 1990	8 November 2000	10 years, 14 days	CCM	Juma Bilal
6		Amani Abeid Karume (born 1948)	2000 2005	8 November 2000	3 November 2010	9 years, 360 days	CCM	Bilal Nahodha
7		Ali Mohamed Shein (born 1948)	2010 2015 2016	3 November 2010	3 November 2020	10 years	CCM	Nahodha
								Position abolished
8		Hussein Mwinyi (born 1966)	2020	3 November 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 18 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