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Political party in Tanzania

Afro-Shirazi Party Chama cha Afro-Shirazi
Leader	Abeid Karume
Founded	5 February 1957
Dissolved	5 February 1977
Merger of	Shiraz Party, Afro Party
Merged into	Chama cha Mapinduzi
Headquarters	Zanzibar City
Youth wing	Afro-Shirazi Youth League
Ideology	African nationalism Socialism
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The Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) was an African nationalist and socialist Zanzibari political party formed between the mostly Shirazi Shiraz Party and the mostly African Afro Party.

In the 1963 Zanzibari general election, the ASP claimed 13 seats and the majority of votes cast, yet the election ended up favouring the Zanzibar Nationalist Party and Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party alliance who collectively claimed 18 seats. Unsatisfied with such unfair representation in parliament, the ASP, headed by Abeid Karume, collaborated with the Umma Party to begin the Zanzibar Revolution on 12 January 1964. The revolution overthrew the Sultanate of Zanzibar and established the People's Republic of Zanzibar, ruled by Abeid Karume. Following the establishment of the republic, the ASP banned the previous ruling parties—the Zanzibar Nationalist Parity and the Zanzibar and Pemba People's Party. On 5 February 1977, the party joined with the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU) to form Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM).

References

"Zanzibar: 1963 Elections". Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
Conley, Robert (14 January 1964), "Regime Banishes Sultan", New York Times, p. 4, archived from the original on 7 January 2020, retrieved 16 November 2008.
"Kikwete deplores divisive politics". Daily News (Tanzania). 4 February 2013. Archived from the original on 7 February 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

v t e Chama Cha Mapinduzi
National Chairmen	Nyerere Mwinyi Mkapa Kikwete Magufuli Suluhu
Vice Chairmen (mainland)	Malecela Msekwa Mangula
Vice Chairmen (Zanzibar)	Amour Karume Shein Mwinyi
Secretaries General	Msekwa Kawawa Kolimba Gama Mangula Y. Makamba Mukama Kinana Bashiru Ally Chongolo Nchimbi
Organisation Secretary	Aisha Juma Khatib Silima
Ideology and Publicity Secretary	Ngombale-Mwiru Nnauye Polepole Shaka
Political Affairs and IR Secretary	Membe J. Makamba Migiro Lubinga
Economic Affairs and Finance Secretary	Kigoda Aziz Nchemba Meghji Hawassi
Related	Arusha Declaration ASP TANU Ujamaa 2020 Primaries

Overview

States	Sultanate of Zanzibar / People's Republic of Zanzibar ASP Umma Party
Background	Cold War Decolonisation of Africa General elections January 1961 June 1961 1963
Events	Massacre of Arabs during the Zanzibar Revolution

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