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| 17 Feb 1885 Area acquired by Karl Peters under the DeutscheOstafrikanische Gesellschaft(DOAG) (German East African Company). 27 May 1885 German East Africa Protectorate declared. 27 May 1885 - 1 Jul 1890 German protectorate overWitu in Kenya (contested by the U.K). 28 Apr 1888 Germany obtains a lease of the coastal strip from the Sultan of Zanzibar. 1 Jan 1891 German East Africa colony (Deutsch Ostafrika); end of DOAG rule. 19 May 1916/18 Sep 1916 Belgian conquest of parts of German East Africa; Nyaza (19 May 1916), Ruanda (17 Jun 1916), Urundi (6 Jul 1916), Usui (29 Jul 1916 - Mar 1921), Ujiji and Kigoma (20 Jul 1916 [Ujiji to 22 Mar 1921]), and Tabora region (18 Sep 1916 - Feb 1917)(see underRuanda-Urundi). 9 Oct 1916 British occupation of German East Africa begins (on Mafia island from Dec 1914); resisted by German forces on the move until 14 Nov 1918. 14 Nov 1918 German forces under Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (b. 1870 - d. 1964) surrender, effected 25 Nov. 30 May 1919 Treaty with Britain: only Ruanda and Urundi remain under Belgian administration (effective Mar 1921). 10 Jan 1920 Kionga Triangle, south of the Rovuma River (under Portuguese occupation since Oct 1916), is ceded to Portuguese East Africa (Mozambique). 22 Mar 1921 Belgium cedes the Kigoma District to Tanganyika. 20 Jul 1922 League of Nations mandate under Britain (Tanganyika Territory). 11 Dec 1946 Tanganyika a United Nations trust territory under Britain. 1 May 1961 Self-rule achieved. 9 Dec 1961 Independence (Tanganyika). 9 Dec 1962 Republic of Tanganyika(=Jamhuri ya Tanganyika). 25 Apr 1964 Articles of Union are enacted in Tanganyika and Zanzibar. 26 Apr 1964 United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar (=Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanganyika na Zanzibar). 11 Dec 1964 United Republic of Tanzania (=Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania).
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Administrator 27 May 1885 - 8 Feb 1888 Karl Peters (b. 1856 - d. 1918) Reichskommissar(Imperial commissioner) 8 Feb 1888 - 21 Feb 1891 Hermann von Wissmann (b. 1853 - d. 1905) Governors 14 Feb 1891 - 15 Sep 1893 Julius Freiherr von Soden (b. 1846 - d. 1921) 1891 Hugo Friedrich Benno Rüdiger (b. 1851 - d. 1920) (acting for von Soden) 15 Sep 1893 - 25 Apr 1895 Friedrich Radbod Freiherr von (b. 1847 - d. 1904) Schele 25 Apr 1895 - 3 Dec 1896 Herrmann von Wissmann (s.a.) 3 Dec 1896 - 12 Mar 1901 EduardWilhelm Hans Liebert (b. 1850 - d. 1934) (from 1 Jan 1900,Eduard Wilhelm Hans vonLiebert) 12 Mar 1901 - 15 Apr 1906 Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen (b. 1866 - d. 1910) 15 Apr 1906 - 22 Apr 1912 Georg Albrecht Freiherr von (b. 1861 - d. 1935) Rechenberg 22 Apr 1912 - 14 Nov 1918 Albert Heinrich Schnee (b. 1871 - d. 1949) (from 9 Oct 1916, inopposition to British forces) Allied Administrator 9 Oct 1916 - 22 Jul 1920 Horace Archer Byatt (U.K.) (b. 1875 - d. 1933) (from 1 Jan 1918, Sir Horace Archer Byatt) Governors 22 Jul 1920 - 5 Mar 1925 Sir Horace Archer Byatt (s.a.) 1924 - 5 Mar 1925 John Scott (acting for Byatt) (b. 1878 - d. 1946) 5 Mar 1925 - 1 Feb 1931 Sir Donald Charles Cameron (b. 1872 - d. 1948) 1 Feb 1931 - 23 May 1931 Sir Douglas James Jardine (acting) (b. 1888 - d. 1946) 23 May 1931 - Feb 1934 Sir George Stewart Symes (b. 1882 - d. 1962) 19 Feb 1934 - 8 Jul 1938 Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael (b. 1882 - d. 1969) 8 Jul 1938 - 19 Jun 1941 Sir Mark Aitchinson Young (b. 1886 - d. 1974) 19 Jun 1941 - 28 Apr 1945 Sir Wilfrid Edward Francis Jackson (b. 1883 - d. 1971) 28 Apr 1945 - 18 Jun 1949 Sir William Denis Battershill (b. 1896 - d. 1959) 18 Jun 1949 - 17 Jun 1958 Sir Edward Francis Twining (b. 1899 - d. 1967) 17 Jun 1958 - 15 Jul 1958 Arthur John Grattan-Bellew (b. 1903 - d. 1985) (acting) 15 Jul 1958 - 9 Dec 1961 Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull (b. 1909 - d. 1998) Queen 9 Dec 1961 - 9 Dec 1962 the Queen of theUnited Kingdom Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief (representing the British monarch as head of state) 9 Dec 1961 - 9 Dec 1962 Sir Richard Gordon Turnbull (s.a.) Presidents 9 Dec 1962 - 5 Nov 1985 Julius Kambarage Nyerere (b. 1922 - d. 1999)TANU;1977 CCM 5 Nov 1985 - 23 Nov 1995 Ali Hassan Mwinyi (b. 1925 - d. 2024) CCM 23 Nov 1995 - 21 Dec 2005 Benjamin William Mkapa (b. 1938 - d. 2020) CCM 21 Dec 2005 - 5 Nov 2015 Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (b. 1950) CCM 5 Nov 2015 - 17 Mar 2021 John Pombe Joseph Magufuli (b. 1959 - d. 2021) CCM 17 Mar 2021 - Samia Suluhu Hassan (f) (b. 1960) CCM
Chief minister 2 Sep 1960 - 1 May 1961 Julius Kambarage Nyerere (s.a.) TANU Prime ministers 1 May 1961 - 22 Jan 1962 Julius Kambarage Nyerere (s.a.) TANU 22 Jan 1962 - 9 Dec 1962 Rashidi Mfaume Kawawa (1st time) (b. 1926 - d. 2009) TANU 9 Dec 1962 - 17 Feb 1972 Post abolished 17 Feb 1972 - 13 Feb 1977 Rashidi Mfaume Kawawa (2nd time) (s.a.) TANU 13 Feb 1977 - 7 Nov 1980 Edward Moringe Sokoine (1st time) (b. 1938 - d. 1984) CCM 7 Nov 1980 - 24 Feb 1983 Cleopa David Msuya (1st time) (b. 1931 - d. 2025) CCM 24 Feb 1983 - 12 Apr 1984 Edward Moringe Sokoine (2nd time) (s.a.) CCM 24 Apr 1984 - 5 Nov 1985 Salim Ahmed Salim (b. 1942) CCM 5 Nov 1985 - 9 Nov 1990 Joseph Sinde Warioba (b. 1940) CCM 9 Nov 1990 - 7 Dec 1994 John Samuel Malecela (b. 1934) CCM 7 Dec 1994 - 28 Nov 1995 Cleopa David Msuya (2nd time) (s.a.) CCM 28 Nov 1995 - 30 Dec 2005 Frederick Tluway Sumaye (b. 1950) CCM 30 Dec 2005 - 9 Feb 2008 Edward Ngoyai Lowassa (b. 1953 - d. 2024) CCM 9 Feb 2008 - 20 Nov 2015 Mizengo Kayanza PeterPinda (b. 1948) CCM 20 Nov 2015 -13 Nov 2025 MajaliwaKassim Majaliwa (b. 1960) CCM 13 Nov 2025 - Mwigulu Lameck Nchemba (b. 1975) CCM
¹Full style: (a) 9 Dec 1961 - 12 Jan 1962: "By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith"; (b) 12 Jan 1962 - 9 Dec 1962: "Queen of Tanganyika and of Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth." Territorial Disputes: Malawu dispute with Tanzania over the boundary in Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) and the meandering Songwe River; Malawi contends that the entire lake up to the Tanzanian shoreline is its territory, while Tanzania claims the border is in the center of the lake; the conflict was reignited in 2012 when Malawi awarded a license to a British company for oil exploration in the lake.
Party abbreviations:CCM = Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Party of the Revolution, democratic socialist, merger of TANU and Afro-Shirazi Party of Zanzibar,1977 - 1 Jul 1992only legal party, est.5 Feb 1977); - Former parties:TANU = Tanganyika African National Union (African socialist and nationalist,Ujamaa [family-hood],1965-1977 only legal party in Tanganyika, 1954-1977, merged into CCM)
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| Aug 1505 - Dec 1698 Under Portuguese suzerainty. Dec 1698 Zanzibar (Zanjibar) part ofOman (from 1784, Muscat and Oman). 14 Sep 1806 Al ´Bu Sa`id lineage from Oman begins to rule Zanzibar. 4 May 1841 - May 1861 British consuls to Muscat andOman resident in Zanzibar. 2 Nov 1856 Proclamation of independent ruler in Zanzibar (Zanjabar [Swahili:Zanzibar]). 2 Apr 1861 Separation of Zanzibar from Oman by U.K. settlement (the Canning Award)(accepted by the ruler of Muscat 15 May 1861 and by the ruler of Zanzibar 25 Jun 1861). 2 Apr 1861 A settlement decided by the Viceroy and Governor- General of India ("the Canning Award") provides for establishing a sovereign state in Zanzibar (accepted by the ruler of Muscat 15 May 1861 and by the ruler of Zanzibar 25 Jun 1861). 17 Feb 1885 German protectorate declared. 7 Nov 1890 British protectorate formally proclaimed (accepted by Germany in exchange for Helgoland). 1 Jul 1895 Coastal domains of Zanzibar become Kenya Protectorate under U.K. (and are relinquished toKenya upon its independence 12 Dec 1963). 28 Jan 1949 Formally specified as a British protected state (by Order-in-Council 140) for some purposes. 24 Jun 1963 Self-rule granted. 10 Dec 1963 State of Zanzibar, U.K. protectorate terminated. 12 Dec 1963 The territories comprised in the Kenya Protectorate cease to form part of the dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar and form part of Kenya. 12 Jan 1964 People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba (Jamhuri ya Watu wa Unguja na Pemba). 26 Apr 1964 Forms part of United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar . | | | | | | | | | | |
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Field Marshal of Zanzibar and Pemba(de facto ruler) (Leader of the Revolutionary Council) 12 Jan 1964 - 20 Feb 1964 John Gideon Okello (b. 1937 - d. 1971?) Mil
Rulers (titleMwyinyi Mkuu) c.1653 Mwana Mwema (f) 16.. - 16.. Yusuf c.1694 - c.1711 Fatima bin Yusuf (f) (in north) + Bakari bin Yusuf (in south) c.1711 - c.1728 Hasan I bin Abdullah 17.. - 17.. Sultan bin Hasan c.1744 Hassan bin Sultan (or Ahmad bin Sultan) Omani Governors 1698 - c.1710 .... c.1710 - 17.. Sa`id c.1728 Sheikh Fashani 17.. - 1746 .... 1746 - 1765 Abdallah bin Gad (Jaad al Busa`idi) c.1784 Khalfan bin Ahmad 1784 Seif bin Ahmed (in opposition) 1803 - 14 Sep 1806 Yakut bin Amar al-Habshi (b. 17.. - d. 1819) Hamis (informally, Sultans) 14 Sep 1806 - 19 Oct 1856 Sayyid Sa`id bin Sultan (b. 1790 - d. 1856) 19 Oct 1856 - 2 Apr 1861 Sayyid Majid bin Sa`id (b. 1834 - d. 1870) Sultans 2 Apr 1861 - 7 Oct 1870 Sayyid Majid bin Sa`id (s.a.) 7 Oct 1870 - 26 Mar 1888 Sayyid Barghash bin Sa`id (b. 1837 - d. 1888) 27 Mar 1888 - 13 Feb 1890 Sayyid Khalifa I bin Sa`id (b. 1852 - d. 1890) 13 Feb 1890 - 5 Mar 1893 Sayyid `Ali bin Sa`id (b. 1854 - d. 1893) (from 8 Nov 1890,SayyidSir`Ali bin Sa`id) 5 Mar 1893 - 25 Aug 1896 Sayyid Hamid bin Thuwayni (b. 1857 - d. 1896) (from 23 Feb 1894,SayyidSirHamid bin Thuwayni) 25 Aug 1896 - 27 Aug 1896 Sayyid Khalid bin Barghash (b. 1874 - d. 1927) 27 Aug 1896 - 18 Jul 1902 Sayyid Hamud bin Muhammad (b. 1853 - d. 1902) (from 20 Apr 1898,SayyidSirHamud bin Muhammad) 18 Jul 1902 - 8 Dec 1911 Sayyid `Ali bin Hamud (b. 1884 - d. 1918) 18 Jun 1902 - 7 Jun 1905 Alexander StuartRogers -Regent (b. 1862 - d. 1930) 8 Dec 1911 - 9 Oct 1960 Sayyid Khalifa II bin Kharub (b. 1879 - d. 1960) (from 1 Jan 1914,Sayyid Sir Khalifa bin Kharub) 9 Oct 1960 - 1 Jul 1963 Sayyid Sir `Abd Allah bin Khalifa (b. 1910 - d. 1963) 1 Jul 1963 - 12 Jan 1964 Sayyid Jamshid bin `Abd Allah (b. 1929 - d. 2024) Presidents 13 Jan 1964 - 7 Apr 1972 Sheikh Abeid Amami Karume (b. 1905 - d. 1972) ASP (from 20 Dec 1971, president of the Revolutionary Council) 11 Apr 1972 - 30 Jan 1984 Skeikh Mwinyi Aboud Jumbe (b. 1920 - d. 2016) ASP;1977 CCM 30 Jan 1984 - 24 Oct 1985 Ali Hassan Mwinyi (b. 1925 - d. 2024) CCM (acting to 19 Apr 1984) 24 Oct 1985 - 25 Oct 1990 Idris Abdul Wakil (b. 1925 - d. 2000) CCM 25 Oct 1990 - 8 Nov 2000 Salmin Amour (b. 1948) CCM 8 Nov 2000 - 3 Nov 2010 Amani Abeid Karume (b. 1948) CCM 3 Nov 2010 - 2 Nov 2020 Ali Mohamed Shein (b. 1948) CCM 2 Nov 2020 - Hussein Ali Mwinyi (b. 1966) CCM
Chief ministers 1828 - 1832 Nasser bin Hamid bin Sa`idbin Hamad bin Khalafal Busa`idi 1832 - 1870 Sulayman bin Hamad al Busa`idi (b. c.1785 - d. 1873) 1870 - 1875 Hamid bin Sulayman al Busa`idi (b. 1815 - d. 1894) 1875 - 1891 ..... First ministers Oct 1891 - 11 Oct 1901 Lloyd William Mathews (b. 1850 - d. 1901) (from 3 Mar 1894, Sir Lloyd William Mathews) 11 Oct 1901 - Nov 1901 Vacant Nov 1901 - Oct 1905 Alexander Stuart Rogers (s.a.) Oct 1905 - Oct 1908 Arthur Edward Harington Raikes (b. 1867 - d. 1915) (acting to 1906) Oct 1908 - 31 Dec 1913 Francis Rickman Barton (b. 1865 - d. 1947) 1 Jan 1914 - 23 Feb 1961 the Sultans Chief ministers 23 Feb 1961 - 5 Jun 1961 Patrick Allan Pearson Robertson (b. 1913 - d. 2008) Non-party (acting) 5 Jun 1961 - 24 Jun 1963 Sheikh Muhammad Shamte Hamadi (b. 1907 - d. 1984) ZPPP+ZNP Prime ministers 24 Jun 1963 - 12 Jan 1964 Sheikh Muhammad Shamte Hamadi (s.a.) ZPPP+ZNP 12 Jan 1964 - 27 Apr 1964 Abdullah Kassim Hanga (b. 1932 - d. 1969) ASP 27 Apr 1964 - 21 Feb 1983 Post abolished Chief ministers 21 Feb 1983 - 6 Feb 1984 Ramadhani Haji Faki (b. 1929? - d. 2020) CCM 6 Feb 1984 - 22 Jan 1988 Seif Shariff Hamad (b. 1943 - d. 2021) CCM 25 Jan 1988 - 1 Nov 1995 Omar Ali Juma (b. 1941 - d. 2001) CCM 1 Nov 1995 - 15 Nov 2000 Mohamed Gharib Bilal (b. 1945) CCM 15 Nov 2000 - 9 Nov 2010 Shamsi Vuai Nahodha (b. 1962) CCM 9 Nov 2010 Post abolished
British Consuls May 1841 - 5 Jul 1857 Atkins Hamerton (b. 1804 - d. 1857) 27 Jul 1858 - 5 Sep 1861 Christopher Palmer Rigby (b. 1820 – d. 1885) 1861 - 1862 Lewis Pelly (b. 1825 - d. 1892) 17 Dec 1862 - 1865 Robert Lambert Playfair (b. 1828 - d. 1899) (agent to 13 Jul 1863) Jul 1865 - 15 Jun 1867 George Edwin Seward (acting) (b. 1826 - d. 1917) 15 Jun 1867 - Oct 1870 Henry Adrian Churchill (b. 1828 - d. 1886) Oct 1870 - 18 Jul 1873 John Kirk (acting) (b. 1832 - d. 1922) Consuls-general 18 Jul 1873 - Jul 1886 John Kirk (s.a.) 27 Sep 1881 - 13 Aug 1883 Samuel Barrett Miles (acting) (b. 1838 - d. 1913) Jul 1886 - 13 Jul 1887 Frederic Holmwood (acting) (b. 1840 - d. 1896) 13 Jul 1887 - 1888 Claude Maxwell Macdonald (b. 1852 - d. 1915) 1888 - 5 Mar 1891 Sir Charles Bean Euan-Smith (b. 1841 - d. 1910) (acting from 7 Nov 1890) 6 Mar 1891 - 12 Dec 1892 Gerald Herbert Portal (b. 1858 - d. 1894) (from 4 Aug 1892, Sir Gerald Herbert Portal) 12 Dec 1892 - Feb 1894 James Rennell Rodd (b. 1858 - d. 1941) May 1894 - Oct 1900 Arthur Henry Hardinge (b. 1859 - d. 1933) (from 22 Jun 1897, Sir Arthur Henry Hardinge) Agents and Consuls-general 30 Dec 1900 - 1903 Sir Charles Norton Edgecumbe Eliot (b. 1862 - d. 1931) 1903 Vaughan Kestell Kestell-Cornish (b. 1865 - d. 1955) (acting) 9 Jul 1903 - 20 Jun 1908 Basil Shillito Cave (b. 1865 - d. 1931) 1908 - 1909 John Houston Sinclair (1st time) (b. 1871 - d. 1961) (acting) 1 Feb 1909 - 13 Feb 1913 Edward Ashley Walrond Clarke (b. 1860 - d. 1913) 13 Feb 1913 - 16 Apr 1914 John Houston Sinclair (2nd time) (s.a.) (acting) High Commissioners for the Zanzibar Protectorate 16 Apr 1914 - 16 Sep 1925 the governors ofKenya Residents and Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers (subordinated to the governors of East Africa) 16 Apr 1914 - 1922 Francis Barrow Pearce (b. 1866 - d. 1926) 1922 - Dec 1923 John Houston Sinclair (acting) (s.a.) 24 Jan 1924 - 17 Dec 1929 Alfred Claud Hollis (b. 1874 - d. 1961) (from 1 Jan 1927, Sir Alfred Claud Hollis) Dec 1929 - Mar 1937 Richard Sims Donkin Rankine (b. 1875 - d. 1961) (from 3 Jun 1932, Sir Richard Sims Donkin Rankine) Mar 1937 - Oct 1937 Samuel Burnside Boyd McElderry (b. 1885 - d. 1984) (acting) Oct 1937 - Oct 1940 John Hathorn Hall (b. 1894 - d. 1979) Oct 1940 - Aug 1941 Eric Aldhelm Torlogh Dutton (b. 1895 - d. 1973) (1st time)(acting) Aug 1941 - Oct 1945 Sir Henry Guy Pilling (b. 1886 - d. 1953) Oct 1945 - Sep 1946 Eric Aldhelm Torlogh Dutton (s.a.) (2nd time)(acting) Sep 1946 - Sep 1951 Sir Vincent Goncalves Glenday (b. 1891 - d. 1970) Sep 1951 - Jan 1952 Eric Aldhelm Torlogh Dutton (s.a.) (3rd time)(acting) Jan 1952 - 1 Oct 1954 John Dalzell Rankine (b. 1907 - d. 1987) (from 1 Jan 1954, Sir John Dalzell Rankine) 1 Oct 1952 - 2 Nov 1952 Robert Edmund Alford (acting) (b. 1904 - d. 1979) 2 Nov 1954 - 1959 Henry Steven Potter (b. 1904 - d. 1976) (from 31 May 1956, Sir Henry Steven Potter) Jan 1960 - 10 Dec 1963 Sir Arthur George Rixson Mooring (b. 1908 - d. 1969) ¹Full style of the ruler:Hami, Sayyid, Sultan Zanjabar ("Protector, Sayyid, Sultan of Zanzibar [and its dependencies]"), the style "Sultan" is initially used only in international relations. Party abbreviations:CCM = Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Party of the Revolution, democratic socialist,merger of TANU and Afro-Shirazi Party of Zanzibar, Feb 1977 - 1 Jul 1992 only legal party, est.5 Feb 1977); - Former parties:ASP = Afro-Shirazi Party (ethnic African or "Shirazi", marxist communist, African nationalist,30 Jan 1964-Feb 1977only legal party in Zanzibar,1957-1977,mergedinto CCM);ZNP = Zanzibar Nationalist Party (Zanzibar nationalist, mostly Arab, 1955-1964);ZPPP= Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party (mostly African, nationalist,Pemba regionalist, from 1961 in coalition with ZNP,1959-1964)
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