| Post: | President |
| Body: | the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar |
| Insignia: | Flag of Zanzibar.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Flag of Zanzibar |
| Incumbent: | Hussein Mwinyi |
| Incumbentsince: | 3 November 2020 |
| Termlength: | Five years, renewable once |
| Formation: | 12 January 1964 |
| Deputy: | Vice President of Zanzibar |
| Inaugural: | Abeid Karume |
The president of Zanzibar (sw|[[Rais]] wa Zanzibar) is the head of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, which is a semi-autonomous government within Tanzania. The current president is Hussein Mwinyi. The president is also the chairman of the Revolutionary Council, whose members are appointed by the president, and some of which must be selected from the House of Representatives.
The president is elected by a plurality. Presidential terms are for five years, and a candidate may be re-elected only once.[1]
Following the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964, Abeid Karume became the first president of Zanzibar, as leader of the Afro-Shirazi Party.
| Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political party | Prime minister(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Abeid Karume | – | 1964 | 1972 | ASP | Position abolished | ||
| 2 | Aboud Jumbe | – | 1972 | 1984 | ASP | |||
| 1980 | CCM | Baki | ||||||
| 3 | Ali Hassan Mwinyi | 1984 | 1984 | 1985 | CCM | Hamad | ||
| 4 | Idris Abdul Wakil | 1985 | 1985 | 1990 | CCM | Hamad Juma | ||
| 5 | Salmin Amour | 1990 1995 | 1990 | 2000 | CCM | Juma Bilal | ||
| 6 | Amani Abeid Karume | 2000 2005 | 2000 | 2010 | CCM | Bilal Nahodha | ||
| 7 | Ali Mohamed Shein | 2010 2015 2016 | 2010 | 2020 | years | CCM | Nahodha | |
| Position abolished | ||||||||
| 8 | Hussein Mwinyi | 2020 | 2020 | Incumbent | CCM | |||