title: List of heads of government of Zanzibar
text: # List of heads of government of Zanzibar
  
  This is a list of the heads of government of Zanzibar, an 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.
  
  ## Chief ministers of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
  
  ### Status
  
  | No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | 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 | Term of office | 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 | Term of office | 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 | Afro-Shirazi Party | A. Karume |
  
  ## Chief ministers of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
  
  | No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | 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 | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Jumbe Mwinyi |
  | 2 | | Seif Sharif Hamad (1943–2021) | 6 February 1984 | 22 January 1988 | 4 years, 16 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Mwinyi Wakil |
  | 3 | | Omar Ali Juma (1941–2001) | 25 January 1988 | 1 November 1995 | 7 years, 280 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Wakil Amour |
  | 4 | | Mohamed Gharib Bilal (born 1945) | 1 November 1995 | 15 November 2000 | 5 years, 14 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Amour A. A. Karume |
  | 5 | | Shamsi Vuai Nahodha (born 1962) | 15 November 2000 | 9 November 2010 | 9 years, 359 days | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | Karume Shein |
  | Post abolished (9 November 2010 – present) ||||||||
  