Salmin Amour
Salmin Amour | |
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سلمين عمور | |
5th President of Zanzibar | |
In office 25 October 1990 – 8 November 2000 | |
Preceded by | Idris Abdul Wakil |
Succeeded by | Amani Abeid Karume |
Second Vice President of Tanzania | |
In office 9 November 1990 – 23 November 1995 | |
President | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |
1st Vice President | John Malecela Cleopa Msuya |
Preceded by | Ali Hassan Mwinyi |
Succeeded by | Omar Ali Juma (as sole Vice President) |
Personal details | |
Born | 1942 (age 81–82) Mkwajuni, Zanzibar |
Nationality | Tanzanian |
Political party | TANU Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
Spouse | Bi. Azza |
Children | 12 |
Residence | Zanzibar State House (former) |
Alma mater | Leipzig University Parteihochschule Karl Marx |
Occupation | Civil Servant |
Profession | Politician |
Salmin Amour (born 1942) is a Tanzanian politician who served as President of Zanzibar from 25 October 1990 to 8 November 2000. He was elected in 1990 as the sole candidate and received 98 percent of the votes.[1] In Tanzania's first multi-party elections in 1995, Amour was accused of rigging the Zanzibari presidential election by opposition leader Seif Shariff Hamad.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Kalley, Jacqueline Audrey; Schoeman, Elna; Andor, Lydia Eve (1999). Southern African political history: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 631. ISBN 0-313-30247-2.
- ^ Saleh, Ally (24 October 2000), "Zanzibar braces for trouble", BBC News, BBC, retrieved 15 June 2010
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