Honorific-Prefix: | Honorable |
Salmin Amour | |
Order: | 5th |
Office: | President of Zanzibar |
Term Start: | 25 October 1990 |
Term End: | 8 November 2000 |
Predecessor: | Idris Abdul Wakil |
Successor: | Amani Abeid Karume |
Office1: | Second Vice President of Tanzania |
Term Start1: | 9 November 1990 |
Term End1: | 23 November 1995 |
President1: | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |
1Blankname1: | 1st Vice President |
1Namedata1: | John Malecela Cleopa Msuya |
Predecessor1: | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |
Successor1: | Omar Ali Juma (as sole Vice President) |
Birth Place: | Mkwajuni, Zanzibar |
Nationality: | Tanzanian |
Party: | TANU Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
Spouse: | Bi. Azza |
Children: | 12 |
Residence: | Zanzibar State House (former) |
Alma Mater: | Leipzig University Parteihochschule Karl Marx |
Occupation: | Civil Servant |
Profession: | Politician |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Salmin Amour (born 1942) is a Tanzanian politician who served as President of Zanzibar from 25 October 1990 to 8 November 2000. He was elected in 1990 as the sole candidate and received 98 percent of the votes.[1] In Tanzania's first multi-party elections in 1995, Amour was accused of rigging the Zanzibari presidential election by opposition leader Seif Shariff Hamad.