| Post: | Chief Minister |
| Body: | Zanzibar |
| Insignia: | Flag of Zanzibar.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Flag of Zanzibar |
| Appointer: | |
| Formation: | 5 June 1961 |
| First: | Muhammad Shamte Hamadi |
| Last: | Shamsi Vuai Nahodha |
| Abolished: | 9 November 2010 |
This is a list of the heads of government of Zanzibar, an semi-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.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Sultan(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| – | Geoffrey Charles Lawrence | 1961 | 1961 | Independent | Abdullah | ||
| 1 | Muhammad Shamte Hamadi | 1961 | 1963 | Coalition | |||
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| Post abolished (27 April 1964 – 21 February 1983) | |||||||||
| 1 | Ramadani Baki | 1983 | 1984 | CCM | Jumbe Mwinyi | ||||
| 2 | Seif Sharif Hamad | 1984 | 1988 | CCM | Mwinyi Wakil | ||||
| 3 | Omar Ali Juma | 1988 | 1995 | CCM | Wakil Amour | ||||
| 4 | Mohamed Gharib Bilal | 1995 | 2000 | CCM | Amour A. A. Karume | ||||
| 5 | Shamsi Vuai Nahodha | 2000 | 2010 | CCM | Karume Shein | ||||
| Post abolished (9 November 2010 – present) | |||||||||