Abdullah Kassim Hanga | |
Birth Date: | 1932 |
Death Date: | 1969 |
Death Place: | Zanzibar |
Nationality: | Tanzanian |
Occupation: | Politician |
Office: | Prime Minister of Zanzibar |
Term Start: | 12 January 1964 |
Term End: | 27 April 1964 |
Predecessor: | Muhammad Shamte Hamadi (monarchy) |
Successor: | Post abolished |
Party: | Afro-Shirazi Party |
Spouse: | [1] |
Children: | Yelena Khanga |
Abdullah Kassim Hanga (1932–1969) was the only Prime Minister in the history of the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba from 12 January 1964 to 27 April 1964.[2] He was executed without trial for an alleged 1967 plot to overthrow the Karume regime in the now united new country of Tanzania.[3]
He was the husband of Soviet activist Lily Golden, whom he was married to until his death in 1969. They had a daughter together, Russian journalist Yelena Khanga.[4]