| Post: | Vice-President |
| Body: | the United Republic of Tanzania |
| Native Name: | Swahili: Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania |
| Flag: | Flag of Tanzania.svg |
| Flagsize: | 125 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Tanzania |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Tanzania.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100 |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Tanzania |
| Incumbent: | Philip Mpango |
| Incumbentsince: | 30 March 2021 |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Member Of: | Cabinet |
| Seat: | Dodoma, Tanzania[1] |
| Termlength: | Five years, renewable once |
| Constituting Instrument: | 1977 Constitution |
| First: | Abeid Karume |
| Salary: | US$4,375 monthly[2] |
The vice-president of Tanzania holds the second-highest political office in the United Republic of Tanzania. The vice president runs on a single ticket with the President of Tanzania, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.
Per Article 37 of the Constitution of Tanzania, if the president dies, resigns, is permanently incapacitated, or is disqualified, the vice-president ascends to the presidency for the balance of the term. Under Article 40, a vice-president who ascends to the presidency in this manner is eligible to run for two full terms in their own right if there are fewer than three years remaining in the five-year term. If the vice-president ascends with more than three years remaining, they are only eligible for one full term.[3]
For example, when Samia Suluhu Hassan became the first vice-president to directly ascend to the presidency, she did so only one year after being reelected as the running mate of her predecessor, John Magufuli. While she would be eligible to run for a full term in 2025, if she won she would have to leave office in 2030.
After the union between Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964, Tanzania had two vice-presidents, First and Second until the creation of a single office in 1995.[4]
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Abeid Karume | 1964 | 1972 | ASP | Nyerere | ||
| 2 | Aboud Jumbe | 1972 | 1984 | ASP | |||
| CCM | |||||||
| 3 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | 1984 | 1985 | CCM | |||
| 4 | Joseph Warioba | 1985 | 1990 | CCM | Mwinyi | ||
| 5 | John Malecela | 1990 | 1994 | CCM | |||
| 6 | Cleopa Msuya | 1994 | 1995 | CCM | |||
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | Rashidi Kawawa | 1964 | 1977 | TANU | Nyerere | ||
| CCM | |||||||
| Post vacant (13 February 1977 – 5 November 1985) | |||||||
| 2 | Idris Abdul Wakil | 1985 | 1990 | CCM | Mwinyi | ||
| 3 | Salmin Amour | 1990 | 1995 | CCM | |||
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Omar Ali Juma | 1995 | 2001 | CCM | Mkapa | |||
| 2 | Ali Mohamed Shein | 2001 | 2010 | CCM | Mkapa Kikwete | |||
| 3 | Mohamed Gharib Bilal | 2010 | 2015 | CCM | Kikwete | |||
| 4 | Samia Suluhu Hassan | 2015 | 2021 | CCM | Magufuli | |||
| 5 | Philip Mpango | 2021 | Incumbent | CCM | Suluhu | |||