List of heads of government of Zanzibar

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Chief Minister of Zanzibar
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Appointer	Sultan of Zanzibar (1961–1964) President of Zanzibar (1964–2010)
Formation	5 June 1961
First holder	Muhammad Shamte Hamadi
Final holder	Shamsi Vuai Nahodha
Abolished	9 November 2010

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This is a list of the heads of government of Zanzibar, an semi-autonomous region of Tanzania. The office of Chief Minister (later changed to Prime Minister) was established in 1961 and abolished in 2010, having been previously abolished between 1964 and 1983.

List of officeholders

Political parties

Coalition government (ZPPP + ZNP) Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM)

Other factions

Independent

Status

Denotes acting chief minister

Chief ministers of the Sultanate of Zanzibar

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Sultan(s)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Sultan(s)
–		Geoffrey Charles Lawrence (1915–1994)	23 February 1961	5 June 1961	102 days	Independent	Abdullah
1		Muhammad Shamte Hamadi (1907–aft. 1964)	5 June 1961	24 June 1963	2 years, 19 days	Coalition (ZPPP + ZNP)	Abdullah

Prime minister of the Sultanate of Zanzibar

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Sultan(s)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	Sultan(s)
1		Muhammad Shamte Hamadi (1907–aft. 1964)	24 June 1963	12 January 1964 (deposed.)	202 days	Coalition (ZPPP + ZNP)	Abdullah Jamshid

Prime minister of the People's Republic of Zanzibar

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	President(s)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	President(s)
1		Abdullah Kassim Hanga (1932–1969)	12 January 1964	27 April 1964	106 days	ASP	A. Karume

Chief ministers of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	President(s)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Political party	President(s)
Post abolished (27 April 1964 – 21 February 1983)
1		Ramadani Baki (born 1943)	21 February 1983	6 February 1984	350 days	CCM	Jumbe Mwinyi
2		Seif Sharif Hamad (1943–2021)	6 February 1984	22 January 1988	4 years, 16 days	CCM	Mwinyi Wakil
3		Omar Ali Juma (1941–2001)	25 January 1988	1 November 1995	7 years, 280 days	CCM	Wakil Amour
4		Mohamed Gharib Bilal (born 1945)	1 November 1995	15 November 2000	5 years, 14 days	CCM	Amour A. A. Karume
5		Shamsi Vuai Nahodha (born 1962)	15 November 2000	9 November 2010	9 years, 359 days	CCM	Karume Shein
Post abolished (9 November 2010 – present)