Vice President of Zanzibar
Makamu wa Rais wa Zanzibar
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Incumbent First: Othman Masoud Sharif Second: Hemed Suleiman Abdalla
Member of	Cabinet of Zanzibar
Seat	Zanzibar
Appointer	President of Zanzibar[1]
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Zanzibar
Formation	2010
First holder	Seif Shariff Hamad

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The vice president of Zanzibar (Swahili: Makamu wa Rais wa Zanzibar) is a political position in Zanzibar. The vice presidency was created by the 2010 amendments made to the Zanzibar Constitution. First Vice President is supposed to come from a political party other than that of the President of Zanzibar. According to the Constitution, the Second Vice President is supposed to be a member of the Zanzibar House of Representatives, and must come from the same political party as the President.^[2]

The vice presidency could be considered only ceremonial.^[3]

Vice presidents of Zanzibar

First Vice President

No.	Image	Office Holder	Took office	Left office	Notes
1		Seif Sharif Hamad[4][5]	November 2010	March 2016[citation needed]
-		Vacant	March 2016[citation needed]	December 2020
(1)		Seif Sharif Hamad	December 2020	17 February 2021	Died in office[1]
2		Othman Masoud Sharif	2 March 2021	Incumbent

Second Vice President

No.	Image	Office Holder	Took office	Left office	Notes
1		Seif Ali Iddi[5]	November 2010	November 2020
2		Hemed Suleiman Abdalla	November 2020	Incumbent	[2][6]