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President of Zanzibar

President of Zanzibar

Head of the government 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.

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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

President of the People's Republic of Zanzibar

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Notes

  1. Founded on 5 February 1977.
  2. Annulled.

Timeline

Hussein MwinyiAli Mohamed SheinAmani Abeid KarumeSalmin AmourIdris Abdul WakilAli Hassan MwinyiAboud JumbeAbeid Karume

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Zanzibar: Electoral system". Electoral Institute of Southern Africa. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
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