Aboud Jumbe

Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi (14 June 1920 – 14 August 2016) was the second President of Zanzibar, serving from 1972 to 1984.

[1] He held several other positions, including Chairman of the Zanzibar Revolutionary Council, Vice-President of the Union of Tanzania, and the vice-chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party.

He was initially elected by the Revolutionary Council as a part of the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP).

In particular, the ASP and the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), merged to create Tanzania's ruling party, the CCM.

[3] Jumbe died at the age of 96 at his home at Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam, on 14 August 2016.