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President of Tanzania

Head of state and of government of Tanzania

Field	Value
post	President
body	the United Republic of Tanzania
native_name	sw
insignia	Coat of arms of Tanzania.svg
insigniacaption	Coat of arms of Tanzania
flag	Flag of the President of Tanzania.svg
flagcaption	Presidential Standard
image	International leaders sign joint statement at COP26 (51649202102) (Suluhu crop).jpg
incumbent	Samia Suluhu Hassan
incumbentsince	19 March 2021
department	Executive branch of the Government of Tanzania
style
type
member_of	Cabinet
residence	Ikulu
seat	Dodoma
termlength	Five years,
termlength_qualified	renewable once
constituting_instrument	Constitution of Tanzania (1977)
formation
first	Julius Nyerere
deputy	Vice-President of Tanzania
salary	/ annually
website

The President of the United Republic of 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 2025, 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: 2025 Tanzanian general election

References

wa Simbiye, Finnigan. (6 December 2013). "PM scoffs at super salary rumour". [[Daily News (Tanzania)]].
"Tanzania National Website".
"Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa".
"Tanzania (United Republic of) 1977 (rev. 2005)".
"Tanzania (United Republic of) 1977 (rev. 1995) Constitution - Constitute".

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