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This article lists political parties in Tanzania. [1] [2] The country operates under a dominant multi-party system with the ruling party being in power since the nation attained its independence in 1961. It first governed as the Tanganyika African National Union, before merging with the Afro-Shirazi Party to form the Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
From independence in 1961 until the mid-1980s, Tanzania was a one-party state, with a socialist model of economic development. Beginning in the mid-1980s, under the administration of President Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzania undertook a number of political and economic reforms. In January and February 1992, the government decided to adopt ...
Political party Prime minister(s) Took office Left office Time in office 1 Julius Nyerere (1922–1999) 1965 1970 1975: 1 November 1964 5 November 1985 21 years, 4 days TANU (until 1977) Kawawa: 1980: CCM: Kawawa Sokoine Msuya Sokoine Salim: 2 Ali Hassan Mwinyi (1925–2024) 1985 1990: 5 November 1985 23 November 1995 10 years, 18 days CCM ...
Several leaders of Tanzania's main opposition party CHADEMA and hundreds of their supporters were released on Tuesday after mass arrests over a banned youth meeting in the southwest of the country ...
Name Constituency Party Tarimba Gulam Abbas: Kinondoni: CCM: Sagini Jumanne Abdallah: Butiama: CCM: Hamida Mohamedi Abdallah: Lindi City: CCM: Maida Hamad Abdallah
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Police arrested senior leaders of Tanzania's main opposition party CHADEMA and hundreds of its supporters ahead of a meeting in the southwest of the country, the party ...
Defunct political parties in Tanzania (1 C, 2 P) L. Liberal parties in Tanzania (2 P) S. Socialist parties in Tanzania (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Political parties ...
Tanzania's main opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, and at least two of his top aides were arrested by police on Sunday for holding an unlawful assembly, his party and police said. CHADEMA, Tanzania's ...