The president of the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili: Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) is the head of government.^[2]

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President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
Coat of arms of Tanzania
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Incumbent Samia Suluhu Hassan since 19 March 2021
Executive branch of the Government of Tanzania
Style	Her Excellency Mheshimiwa Rais (Swahili)
Type	Head of state Head of government
Member of	Cabinet
Residence	Ikulu
Seat	Dodoma
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	1977 Constitution
Formation	29 October 1964; 59 years ago (1964-10-29)
First holder	Julius Nyerere
Deputy	Vice-President of Tanzania
Salary	98,287,560 Tanzanian shilling/US$42,000 annually[1]
Website	www.ikulu.go.tz

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Samia Suluhu Hassan, sworn in on 19 March 2021, is the first female president of the United Republic of Tanzania. She succeeded John Magufuli following his death on 17 March 2021.

The president serves a term of five years. As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Tanzania. The first president for whom the term limits applied was Mwinyi in 1995.^[3]

The president of Tanzania is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and is "accountable to a legislature composed of elected members and representative of the people."^[4]

After its independence in 1961 as Tanganyika, the country was first led by Richard Turnbull as governor-general until Julius Nyerere became the first and only president under the 1962 constitution. The 1964 constitution after the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar has had 6 presidents with each serving multiple terms except Samia Suluhu Hassan. Julius Nyerere served 5 terms total from 1962–1985, having served 4 terms under the 1964 constitution. All presidents of Tanzania have been from the Tanganyika African National Union party which later merged to become the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party.

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