President of Tanzania

President of the United Republic of Tanzania
Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
Coat of arms of Tanzania
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Samia Suluhu Hassan since 19 March 2021
Executive branch of the Government of Tanzania
Style	Her Excellency Mheshimiwa Rais (Swahili)
Type	Head of state Head of government
Member of	Cabinet
Residence	Ikulu
Seat	Dodoma
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	1977 Constitution
Formation	29 October 1964 (1964-10-29)
First holder	Julius Nyerere
Deputy	Vice-President of Tanzania
Salary	98,287,560 Tanzanian shilling/US$42,000 annually
Website	www.ikulu.go.tz

The president of the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili: Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) is the head of state and head of government of Tanzania.

Samia Suluhu Hassan, sworn in on 19 March 2021, is the first female president of the United Republic of Tanzania. She succeeded John Magufuli following his death on 17 March 2021.

Presidential term

The president serves a term of five years. As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Tanzania. The first president for whom the term limits applied was Mwinyi in 1995.

Executive powers

The president of Tanzania is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and is "accountable to a legislature composed of elected members and representative of the people."

List

Main article: List of heads of state of Tanzania

After its independence in 1961 as Tanganyika, the country was first led by Richard Turnbull as governor-general until Julius Nyerere became the first and only president under the 1962 constitution. The 1964 constitution after the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar has had 6 presidents with each serving multiple terms except Samia Suluhu Hassan. Julius Nyerere served 5 terms total from 1962–1985, having served 4 terms under the 1964 constitution. All presidents of Tanzania have been from the Tanganyika African National Union party which later merged to become the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party.

Latest election

Main article: 2020 Tanzanian general election

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	John Magufuli	Samia Suluhu	Chama cha Mapinduzi	12,516,252	84.40
	Tundu Lissu	Salum Mwalimu Juma	Chadema	1,933,271	13.04
	Bernard Kamillius Membe	Omar Fakih Hamad	Alliance for Change and Transparency	81,129	0.55
	Leopord Lucas Mahona	Khamis Ali Hassan	National Reconstruction Alliance	80,787	0.54
	Ibrahim Haruna Lipumba	Hamida Huweishil Abdalla	Civic United Front	72,885	0.49
	John Paul Shibuda	Hassan Kornely Kijogoo	Tanzania Democratic Alliance	33,086	0.22
	Hashim Spunda Rungwe	Mohammed Massoud Rashid	Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma	32,878	0.22
	Yeremia Kulwa Maganja	Khamis Haji Ambar	NCCR–Mageuzi	19,969	0.13
	Muttamwega Bhatt Mgaywa	Satia Mussa Bebwa	Sauti ya Umma	14,922	0.10
	Cecilia Augustino Mwanga	Tabu Mussa Juma	Attentive Democracy Party	14,556	0.10
	Philipo John Fumbo	Zaina Juma Khamis	Democratic Party	8,283	0.06
	Queen Cuthbert Sendiga	Khamis Juma Shoka	Alliance for Democratic Change	7,627	0.05
	Twalib Ibrahim Kadege	Ramadhan Ali Abdallah	United People's Democratic Party	6,194	0.04
	Seif Maalim Seif	Rashid Ligania Rai	Alliance for African Farmers Party	4,635	0.03
	Khalfan Mohammed Mazrui	Mashavu Alawi Haji	Union for Multiparty Democracy	3,721	0.03
Total				14,830,195	100.00
Valid votes				14,830,195	98.27
Invalid/blank votes				261,755	1.73
Total votes				15,091,950	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				29,754,699	50.72

See also

• Tanzania
  • Politics of Tanzania
  • List of governors of Tanganyika
  • List of heads of state of Tanzania
  • Prime Minister of Tanzania
    • List of prime ministers of Tanzania
  • List of Sultans of Zanzibar
  • President of Zanzibar
  • List of heads of government of Zanzibar
• Lists of office-holders