Abdullah Kassim Hanga Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ernst . Alina . 2018-07-07 . Lily Golden (1934-2010) . 2024-06-22 . BlackPast.
  2. Web site: Political Leaders:Tanzania . dead . https://archive.today/20120525022334/http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/tanzania.htm . 2012-05-25 .
  3. Book: Bakari, Mohammed Ali. The Democratisation Process in Zanzibar: A Retarded Transition. 2001. GIGA-Hamburg. 9783928049719. en.
  4. Book: Khanga, Y. . Jacoby . S. . Soul to Soul: A Black Russian Jewish Woman's Search for Her Roots . W.W. Norton . 1994 . 978-0-393-31155-6 . 2022-08-11 .