Vice President of Zanzibar explained

Post:Vice President
Body:Zanzibar
Insigniacaption:Coat of arms of Zanzibar
Flag:Flag of Zanzibar.svgborder
Flagsize:125px
Flagcaption: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: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

First Vice President

ImageOffice HolderTook officeLeft officeNotes
1 Seif Sharif Hamad[5] [6] November 2010March 2016
-VacantMarch 2016December 2020
(1)Seif Sharif HamadDecember 202017 February 2021Died in office
2Othman Masoud Sharif2 March 2021Incumbent

Second Vice President

Image Office HolderTook officeLeft officeNotes
1Seif Ali IddiNovember 2010November 2020
2Hemed Suleiman AbdallaNovember 2020Incumbent[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Zanzibar opposition leader elected first vice president . Aa.com.tr . 2021-01-31 . 2021-02-06.
  2. Web site: Zanzibar President Mwinyi nominates 2nd Vice President from Pemba - The Citizen . 2020-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201115155325/https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/zanzibar-president-mwinyi-nominates-2nd-vice-president-from-pemba-3015496 . 2021-02-06. 2020-11-15 .
  3. Web site: Tanzania: After joining Zanzibar's government, can the opposition be trusted again?. December 10, 2020. The Africa Report.com.
  4. Web site: The Commonwealth yearbook / Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968. . HathiTrust . en.
  5. Web site: Tanzania Government Portal. www.tanzania.go.tz.
  6. Web site: The rise and fall of the government of National Unity in Zanzibar . 2023-12-29.
  7. Web site: Tanzania: Zanzibar Second VP Promises to Deliver. November 10, 2020. allAfrica.com.