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| Term length | Five years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Abeid Karume |
| Formation | 12 January 1964 |
| Deputy | Vice President of Zanzibar |
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Thepresident of Zanzibar (Swahili:Rais wa Zanzibar) is the head of theRevolutionary Government of Zanzibar, which is asemi-autonomous government withinTanzania. The current president isHussein Mwinyi. The president is also the chairman of theRevolutionary Council, whose members are appointed by the president, and some of which must be selected from theHouse of Representatives.
The president is elected by aplurality. Presidential terms are for five years, and a candidate may be re-elected only once.[1]
Following theZanzibar Revolution in 1964,Abeid Karume became the first president of Zanzibar, as leader of theAfro-Shirazi Party.
† Died in office (assassinated)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 |  | Abeid Karume (1905–1972) | – | 12 January 1964 | 26 April 1964 | 105 days | ASP | Hanga | |
| 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 1942) | 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 | .jpg) | Ali Mohamed Shein (born 1948) | 2010 2015[a] 2016 | 3 November 2010 | 3 November 2020 | 10 years | CCM | Nahodha | |
| Position abolished | |||||||||
| 8 | | Hussein Mwinyi (born 1966) | 2020 2025 | 3 November 2020 | Incumbent | 5 years, 107 days | CCM | ||
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