president of Tanzania
{{Short description|Head of state and of government of Tanzania}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = President
| body = the United Republic of Tanzania
| native_name = {{lang|sw|Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania}}
| insignia = Coat of arms of Tanzania.svg
| insigniasize = 100
| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Tanzania
| insigniaalt =
| flag = Flag of the President of Tanzania.svg
| flagsize = 125
| flagalt =
| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = Presidential Standard
| image = International leaders sign joint statement at COP26 (51649202102) (Suluhu crop).jpg
| imagesize = 200
| incumbent = Samia Suluhu Hassan
| incumbentsince = 19 March 2021
| department = Executive branch of the Government of Tanzania
| style = Her Excellency
{{native name|sw|Mheshimiwa Rais}}
| type = Head of state
Head of government
| status =
| abbreviation =
| member_of = Cabinet
| reports_to =
| residence = Ikulu
| seat = Dodoma
| nominator =
| appointer =
| appointer_qualified =
| termlength = Five years,
| termlength_qualified = renewable once
| constituting_instrument = Constitution of Tanzania (1977)
| precursor =
| formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1964|10|29}}
| first = Julius Nyerere
| last =
| abolished =
| succession =
| unofficial_names =
| deputy = Vice-President of Tanzania
| salary = 98,287,560 Tanzanian shilling/US$42,000 annually{{cite news |last=wa Simbiye |first=Finnigan |date=6 December 2013 |title=PM scoffs at super salary rumour |url=http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/25498-pm-scoffs-at-super-salary-rumour-for-top-3 |newspaper=Daily News (Tanzania) |location=Dodoma | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217020728/http://www.dailynews.co.tz/index.php/local-news/25498-pm-scoffs-at-super-salary-rumour-for-top-3 |archive-date=17 December 2013 |access-date=17 December 2013 }}
| website = {{URL|http://www.ikulu.go.tz/}}
}}
{{Politics of Tanzania}}
The President of the United Republic of Tanzania ({{langx|sw|Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania}}) is the head of state and head of government{{Cite web |url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/administration.html |title=Tanzania National Website |access-date=16 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113193026/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/administration.html |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Candace |last2=Siegle |first2=Joseph |title=Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa |url=https://africacenter.org/spotlight/circumvention-of-term-limits-weakens-governance-in-africa/ |website=Africa Center for Strategic Studies}}
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."{{Cite web|title=Tanzania (United Republic of) 1977 (rev. 1995) Constitution - Constitute|url=https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Tanzania_1995?lang=en|access-date=2021-03-18|website=www.constituteproject.org|language=en}}
List
{{main|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|2020 Tanzanian general election}}
{{Election results
|cand1=John Magufuli|vp1=Samia Suluhu|party1=Chama cha Mapinduzi|votes1=12516252
|cand2=Tundu Lissu|vp2=Salum Mwalimu Juma|party2=Chadema|votes2=1933271
|cand3=Bernard Kamillius Membe|vp3=Omar Fakih Hamad|party3=Alliance for Change and Transparency|votes3=81129
|cand4=Leopord Lucas Mahona|vp4=Khamis Ali Hassan|party4=National Reconstruction Alliance|votes4=80787|color4=#4790FF
|cand5=Ibrahim Haruna Lipumba|vp5=Hamida Huweishil Abdalla|party5=Civic United Front|votes5=72885
|cand6=John Paul Shibuda|vp6=Hassan Kornely Kijogoo|party6=Tanzania Democratic Alliance|votes6=33086
|cand7=Hashim Spunda Rungwe|vp7=Mohammed Massoud Rashid|party7=Chama cha Ukombozi wa Umma|votes7=32878
|cand8=Yeremia Kulwa Maganja|vp8=Khamis Haji Ambar|party8=NCCR–Mageuzi|votes8=19969
|cand9=Muttamwega Bhatt Mgaywa|vp9=Satia Mussa Bebwa|party9=Sauti ya Umma|votes9=14922
|cand10=Cecilia Augustino Mwanga|vp10=Tabu Mussa Juma|party10=Attentive Democracy Party|votes10=14556
|cand11=Philipo John Fumbo|vp11=Zaina Juma Khamis|party11=Democratic Party|votes11=8283
|cand12=Queen Cuthbert Sendiga|vp12=Khamis Juma Shoka|party12=Alliance for Democratic Change|votes12=7627
|cand13=Twalib Ibrahim Kadege|vp13=Ramadhan Ali Abdallah|party13=United People's Democratic Party|votes13=6194
|cand14=Seif Maalim Seif|vp14=Rashid Ligania Rai|party14=Alliance for African Farmers Party|votes14=4635
|cand15=Khalfan Mohammed Mazrui|vp15=Mashavu Alawi Haji|party15=Union for Multiparty Democracy|votes15=3721
|invalid=261755
|electorate=29754699
|source=
}}
See also
References
{{Tanzania topics}}
{{Presidents of Tanzania}}
{{Heads of state and government of African states}}