Vice-President of Tanzania

Vice-President of the
United Republic of Tanzania
Makamu wa Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania
Coat of arms of Tanzania
Flag of Tanzania
Incumbent
Philip Mpango
since 30 March 2021
Style His Excellency
Member of Cabinet
Seat Dodoma, Tanzania
Term length Five years, renewable once
Constituting instrument 1977 Constitution
Formation 1964
First holder Abeid Karume
Salary US$4,375 monthly
Website www.vpo.go.tz

The vice-president of Tanzania holds the second-highest political office in the United Republic of Tanzania. The vice president runs on a single ticket with the President of Tanzania, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.

Per Article 37 of the Constitution of Tanzania, if the president dies, resigns, is permanently incapacitated, or is disqualified, the vice-president ascends to the presidency for the balance of the term. Under Article 40, a vice-president who ascends to the presidency in this manner is eligible to run for two full terms in their own right if there are fewer than three years remaining in the five-year term. If the vice-president ascends with more than three years remaining, they are only eligible for one full term.

For example, when Samia Suluhu became the first vice-president to directly ascend to the presidency, she did so only one year after being reelected as the running mate of her predecessor, John Magufuli. While she would be eligible to run for a full term in 2025, if she won she would have to leave office in 2030.

List of vice-presidents of Tanzania

After the union between Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba to form the United Republic of Tanzania in 1964, Tanzania had two vice-presidents, First and Second until the creation of a single office in 1995.

Term of office Name
(Birth–Death) 		Portrait Party
First vice-presidents
1964–1972 Abeid Karume
(1905–1972) 		Afro-Shirazi Party
1972–1984 Aboud Jumbe
(1920–2016) 		Afro-Shirazi Party
(until 1977)
Chama Cha Mapinduzi
(from 1977)
1984–1985 Ali Hassan Mwinyi
(born 1925) 		Chama Cha Mapinduzi
1985–1990 Joseph Warioba
(born 1940) 		Chama Cha Mapinduzi
1990–1994 John Malecela
(born 1934) 		Chama Cha Mapinduzi
1994–1995 Cleopa Msuya
(born 1931) 		Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Second vice-presidents
1964–1977 Rashidi Kawawa
(1926–2009) 		Tanganyika African National Union
1985–1990 Idris Abdul Wakil
(1925–2009) 		Chama Cha Mapinduzi
1990–1995 Salmin Amour
(born 1948) 		Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Vice-presidents (single office)
1995–2001 Omar Ali Juma
(1941–2001) 		Chama Cha Mapinduzi
2001–2010 Ali Mohamed Shein
(born 1948) 		Chama Cha Mapinduzi
2010–2015 Mohamed Gharib Bilal
(born 1945) 		Chama Cha Mapinduzi
2015–2021 Samia Suluhu Hassan
(born 1960) 		Chama Cha Mapinduzi
2021–present Philip Mpango
(born 1957) 		Chama Cha Mapinduzi

See also