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

;Other factions

;Status

Chief ministers of the Sultanate of Zanzibar

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! rowspan="2" |Portrait

! rowspan="2" |Name<br />

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Political party

! rowspan="2" |Sultan(s)

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! Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

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| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|–

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| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|Geoffrey Charles Lawrence<br />

| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 1961

| style="background:#e6e6aa;"| 1961

| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|

! style="background:;"|

| style="background:#e6e6aa;"|Independent

| rowspan=2|Abdullah

|-

| 1

| 90px

| Muhammad Shamte Hamadi<br />

| 1961

| 1963

|

! style="background:Blue;"|

| Coalition<br />

|}

Prime minister of the Sultanate of Zanzibar

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! rowspan="2" |

! rowspan="2" |Portrait

! rowspan="2" |Name<br />

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Political party

! rowspan="2" |Sultan(s)

|-

! Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

|-

| 1

| 90px

| Muhammad Shamte Hamadi<br />

| 1963

| 1964<br>

|

! style="background:Blue;"|

| Coalition<br />

| Abdullah<br />Jamshid

|}

Prime minister of the People's Republic of Zanzibar

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |

! rowspan="2" |Portrait

! rowspan="2" |Name<br />

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Political party

! rowspan="2" |President(s)

|-

! Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

|-

| 1

| 90px

| Abdullah Kassim Hanga<br />

| 1964

| 1964

|

! style="background:;"|

| ASP

| A. Karume

|}

Chief ministers of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |

! rowspan="2" |Portrait

! rowspan="2" |Name<br />

! colspan="3" |Term of office

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Political party

! rowspan="2" |President(s)

|-

! Took office

! Left office

! Time in office

|-

| colspan="10" |Post abolished (27 April 1964 – 21 February 1983)

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| 1

| 90px

| Ramadani Baki<br />

| 1983

| 1984

|

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| CCM

| Jumbe<br />Mwinyi

|-

| 2

| 90px

| Seif Sharif Hamad<br />

| 1984

| 1988

|

! style="background:;"|

| CCM

| Mwinyi<br />Wakil

|-

| 3

| 90px

| Omar Ali Juma<br />

| 1988

| 1995

|

! style="background:;"|

| CCM

| Wakil<br>Amour

|-

| 4

| 90px

| Mohamed Gharib Bilal<br />

| 1995

| 2000

|

! style="background:;"|

| CCM

| Amour<br />A. A. Karume

|-

| 5

| 90px

| Shamsi Vuai Nahodha<br>

| 2000

| 2010

|

! style="background:;"|

| CCM

| Karume<br />Shein

|-

| colspan="10" |Post abolished (9 November 2010 – present)

|}

Timeline

See also

thumb|right|150px|The Chief Minister's Office in [[Chake-Chake, Pemba Island]]

  • Politics of Tanzania
  • List of governors of Tanganyika
  • President of Tanzania
  • List of heads of state of Tanzania
  • Vice-President of Tanzania
  • Prime Minister of Tanzania
  • List of prime ministers of Tanzania
  • List of sultans of Zanzibar
  • President of Zanzibar
  • Vice President of Zanzibar
  • World Statesmen - Zanzibar