| Chief Minister of Zanzibar | |
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| Seat | Chake-Chake, Pemba Island |
| 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.
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Sultan(s) | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| – | | Geoffrey Charles Lawrence (1915–1994) | 23 February 1961 | 5 June 1961 | 102 days | Independent | Abdullah | |
| 1 | | Muhammad Shamte Hamadi (1907–1984) | 5 June 1961 | 24 June 1963 | 2 years, 19 days | Coalition (ZPPP + ZNP) | ||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Sultan(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | | Muhammad Shamte Hamadi (1907–1984) | 24 June 1963 | 12 January 1964 (Deposed) | 202 days | Coalition (ZPPP + ZNP) | Abdullah Jamshid | |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | |||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | | Abdullah Kassim Hanga (1932–1969) | 12 January 1964 | 27 April 1964 | 106 days | ASP | A. Karume | |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | President(s) | ||||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 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) | |||||||||
