Tributes Pour in As Former Zanzibar President Dies At 96

Tanzania is mourning Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar until 1984

Mzee Jumbe died at the age of 96 in the East African nation’s capital Dar es Salaam.  Mzee Jumbe ruled from 1972 until 1984 until he was forced by the ruling party, CCM, to resign.

“During his leadership, he played a key role in building and defending the Tanzania we see today” spoke President Magufuli of the Mzee Jumbe 

Mzee Jumbe was President of ASP while Mwalimu Julius Nyerere was President of TANU. He succeeded late Abeid Amani Karume as president, following his assassination in 1972 according to the Daily News.

“Mzee Aboud Jumbe will be remembered for being committed to what he believed in. He was stripped of all his leadership posts for defending a three-tier union government. He leaves behind a legacy–in the form of a memoir–that can be used as a platform to learn more about our country,” said ACT-Wazalendo party leader Kabwe, according to the citizen

ABOUD JUMBE MWINYI: FACTFILE

• Born: June 14, 1920
• Positions held: Second President of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, Vice- President of the Union, and the Vice-Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party. 
• President of Zanzibar from April 11, 1972 until January 30, 1984.
• He succeeded Sheikh Abeid Karume as Zanzibar president following Karume’s assassination on April 7, 1972. He also became President of the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP). While in office, on February 5, 1977, ASP and Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), merged to form CCM.
• In 1979, Jumbe introduced the first post-revolution constitution of Zanzibar. This separated the powers of the Revolutionary Council and the House of Representatives.
• The new constitution established elections by universal suffrage, instead of being elected by the Revolutionary Council.