List of heads of government of Zanzibar
| Chief Minister of Zanzibar | |
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| Appointer | Sultan of Zanzibar (1961–1964) President of Zanzibar (1964–2010) |
| Formation | 5 June 1961 |
| First holder | Muhammad Shamte Hamadi |
| Final holder | Shamsi Vuai Nahodha |
| Abolished | 9 November 2010 |
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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.
Chief Ministers of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
- Status
Denotes Acting Chief Minister
| № | Chief Minister (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Tenure | Political affiliation (at time of appointment) |
Sultan(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| – | Geoffrey Charles Lawrence (1915–1994) |
|
23 February 1961 | 5 June 1961 | style="background: Template:Independent/meta/color;" | | Independent | Abdullah |
| 1 | Muhammad Shamte Hamadi (1907–aft. 1964) |
|
5 June 1961 | 24 June 1963 | Coalition (ZPPP + ZNP) |
Abdullah | |
Prime Minister of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
| № | Prime Minister (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Tenure | Political affiliation (at time of appointment) |
Sultan(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| 1 | Muhammad Shamte Hamadi (1907–aft. 1964) |
|
24 June 1963 | 12 January 1964 (deposed.) |
Coalition (ZPPP + ZNP) |
Abdullah Jamshid | |
Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Zanzibar
| № | Prime Minister (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Tenure | Political affiliation (at time of appointment) |
President(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| 1 | Abdullah Kassim Hanga (1932–1969) |
|
12 January 1964 | 27 April 1964 | style="background: Template:Afro-Shirazi Party/meta/color;" | | Afro-Shirazi Party | Karume |
Chief Ministers of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
| № | Chief Minister (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Tenure | Political affiliation (at time of appointment) |
President(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | ||||||
| Post abolished (27 April 1964 – 21 February 1983) | |||||||
| 1 | Ramadani Baki (1943–) |
|
21 February 1983 | 6 February 1984 | style="background: Template:Chama cha Mapinduzi/meta/color;" | | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Jumbe Mwinyi |
| 2 | Seif Sharif Hamad (1943–) |
|
6 February 1984 | 22 January 1988 | style="background: Template:Chama cha Mapinduzi/meta/color;" | | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Mwinyi Wakil |
| 3 | Omar Ali Juma (1941–2001) |
|
25 January 1988 | 1 November 1995 | style="background: Template:Chama cha Mapinduzi/meta/color;" | | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Wakil Amour |
| 4 | Mohamed Gharib Bilal (1945–) |
|
1 November 1995 | 15 November 2000 | style="background: Template:Chama cha Mapinduzi/meta/color;" | | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Amour Karume |
| 5 | Shamsi Vuai Nahodha (1962–) |
|
15 November 2000 | 9 November 2010 | style="background: Template:Chama cha Mapinduzi/meta/color;" | | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Karume Shein |
| Post abolished (9 November 2010 – present) | |||||||
See also
