Vice President of Zanzibar

Vice President of Zanzibar
Makamu wa Rais wa Zanzibar
Flag of Zanzibar
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

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

No.	Image	Office Holder	Took office	Left office	Notes
1		Abdullah Kassim Hanga[4]	1964	1967

First Vice President

No.	Image	Office Holder	Took office	Left office	Notes
1		Seif Sharif Hamad[5][6]	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[6]	November 2010	November 2020
2		Hemed Suleiman Abdalla	November 2020	Incumbent	[2][7]

See also

• Zanzibar
  • Politics of Zanzibar
  • President of Zanzibar
• Lists of office-holders

References

1. "Zanzibar opposition leader elected first vice president". Aa.com.tr. 2021-01-31. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
2. "Zanzibar President Mwinyi nominates 2nd Vice President from Pemba - The Citizen". 2020-11-15. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
3. "Tanzania: After joining Zanzibar's government, can the opposition be trusted again?". The Africa Report.com. December 10, 2020.
4. "The Commonwealth yearbook / Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968". HathiTrust.
5. "Tanzania Government Portal". www.tanzania.go.tz.
6. "The rise and fall of the government of National Unity in Zanzibar" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-29.
7. "Tanzania: Zanzibar Second VP Promises to Deliver". allAfrica.com. November 10, 2020.

External links

• "Website of the second vice president". Archived from the original on 2018-01-28.