List of heads of government of Zanzibar

Prime Minister of Zanzibar

Appointer Sultan of Zanzibar (19611964)
President of Zanzibar (19642010)
Formation 5 June 1961
First holder Muhammad Shamte Hamadi
Final holder Shamsi Vuai Nahodha
Abolished 9 November 2010
Succession None
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The following is a list of heads of government of Zanzibar, an autonomous region of Tanzania. The office of Chief Minister (later changed to Prime Minister) was established in 1961 and abolished in 2010, having been previously abolished between 1964 and 1983.

List of Heads of Government of Zanzibar (1961–2010)

Parties

      Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party (ZPPP) / Zanzibar Nationalist Party (ZNP)
      Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP)
      Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)

Picture Name
(Birth–Death)
Took office Left office Political Party
Chief Ministers of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
Geoffrey Charles Lawrence
(1915–1994)[1]
23 February 1961 5 June 1961 Independent
1 Muhammad Shamte Hamadi
(1907–aft. 1964)
5 June 1961 24 June 1963 ZPPP /
ZNP
Prime Minister of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
1 Muhammad Shamte Hamadi
(1907–aft. 1964)
24 June 1963 12 January 1964[2] ZPPP /
ZNP
Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba
1 Abdullah Kassim Hanga
(1932–1969)
12 January 1964 27 April 1964 ASP
Chief Ministers of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
Post abolished (27 April 1964 – 21 February 1983)
1 Ramadani Baki
(1943–)
21 February 1983 6 February 1984 CCM
2 Seif Sharif Hamad
(1943–)
6 February 1984 22 January 1988 CCM
3 Omar Ali Juma
(1941–2001)
25 January 1988 1 November 1995 CCM
4 Mohamed Gharib Bilal
(1945–)
1 November 1995 15 November 2000 CCM
5 Shamsi Vuai Nahodha
(1962–)
15 November 2000 9 November 2010 CCM
Post abolished (9 November 2010 – Present)

Footnotes

  1. Acting Chief Minister
  2. Deposed in the Zanzibar Revolution

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