Vice-President of Tanzania

Vice-President of the United Republic of Tanzania Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania  (Swahili)
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Incumbent Samia Suluhu since 5 November 2015
Style	Her Excellency
Member of	Cabinet
Seat	Dodoma, Tanzania
Term length	Five Years
Constituting instrument	1977 Constitution
Formation	1964
First holder	Abeid Karume
Succession	First
Salary	TSh 7 m (US$ 4,375) monthly
Website	www.vpo.go.tz

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The Vice-President of Tanzania holds the second-highest political position in Tanzania.

List of Vice-Presidents of Tanzania

After the union between Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar to form the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964, Tanzania had two vice-presidents, First and Second until the creation of a single office in 1995.

Term of Office	Vice-President (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Party
First Vice-Presidents
1964–1972	Abeid Karume (1905–1972)			Afro-Shirazi Party
1972–1984	Aboud Jumbe (1920–2016)			Afro-Shirazi Party (until 1977)
				Chama Cha Mapinduzi (from 1977)
1984–1985	Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925–)			Chama Cha Mapinduzi
1985–1990	Joseph Warioba (1940–)			Chama Cha Mapinduzi
1990–1994	John Malecela (1934–)			Chama Cha Mapinduzi
1994–1995	Cleopa Msuya (1931–)			Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Second Vice-Presidents
1964–1977	Rashidi Kawawa (1926–2009)			Tanganyika African National Union
1985–1990	Idris Abdul Wakil (1925–2009)			Chama Cha Mapinduzi
1990–1995	Salmin Amour (1948–)			Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Vice-Presidents (single office)
1995–2001	Omar Ali Juma (1941–2001)			Chama Cha Mapinduzi
2001–2010	Ali Mohamed Shein (1948–)			Chama Cha Mapinduzi
2010–2015	Mohamed Gharib Bilal (1945–)			Chama Cha Mapinduzi
2015–present	Samia Suluhu (1960–)			Chama Cha Mapinduzi

See also

• President of Tanzania

External links

• Official website