President of Zanzibar

President of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
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Incumbent Hussein Mwinyi since 3 November 2020
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Abeid Karume
Formation	12 January 1964
Deputy	Vice President of Zanzibar

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The president of Zanzibar (Swahili: 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.