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The East African
Monday March 01 2021
Othman Masoud Othman has been appointed as the First Vice President of Zanzibar on March 1, 2021. PHOTO | THE CITIZEN | NMG
Summary
Zanzibari President Hussein Ali Mwinyi has appointed Othman Masoud Othman as the new First Vice President of the semi-autonomous Tanzanian archipelago.
Mr Othman replaces Seif Sharif Hamad who died on February 17, 2021. Veteran politician Hamad was the Zanzibar chairman and presidential contender of the island s main opposition the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT-Wazalendo).
The party accepted the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi invitation to join the government in December last year.
According to Zanzibar Constitution, a party that gets at least 10 per cent of the presidential votes will take the position of the First Vice President and form the government with the winning party.
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