President of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
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Incumbent Hussein Mwinyi since 3 November 2020
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Abeid Karume
Formation	12 January 1964
Deputy	Vice President of Zanzibar

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The president of Zanzibar (Swahili: Rais wa Zanzibar) is the head of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, which is a semi-autonomous government within Tanzania. The current president is Hussein Mwinyi. The president is also the chairman of the Revolutionary Council, whose members are appointed by the president, and some of which must be selected from the House of Representatives.

The president is elected by a plurality. Presidential terms are for five years, and a candidate may be re-elected only once.^[1]

Following the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964, Abeid Karume became the first president of Zanzibar, as leader of the Afro-Shirazi Party.

List of presidents of Zanzibar

President of the People's Republic of Zanzibar

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)	–	12 January 1964	26 April 1964	105 days	Afro-Shirazi Party	Hanga

Presidents of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar

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 (assassinated.)	7 years, 347 days	Afro-Shirazi Party	Position abolished
2		Aboud Jumbe (1920–2016)	–	7 April 1972	30 January 1984	11 years, 298 days
			1980				Chama Cha Mapinduzi[a]	Baki
3		Ali Hassan Mwinyi (born 1925)	1984	30 January 1984	24 October 1985	1 year, 267 days		Hamad
4		Idris Abdul Wakil (1925–2000)	1985	24 October 1985	25 October 1990	5 years, 1 day		Hamad Juma
5		Salmin Amour (born 1948)	1990 1995	25 October 1990	8 November 2000	10 years, 14 days		Juma Bilal
6		Amani Abeid Karume (born 1948)	2000 2005	8 November 2000	3 November 2010	9 years, 360 days		Bilal Nahodha
7		Ali Mohamed Shein (born 1948)	2010 2015[b] 2016	3 November 2010	3 November 2020	10 years		Nahodha
								Position abolished
8		Hussein Mwinyi (born 1966)	2020	3 November 2020	Incumbent	3 years, 97 days