Hussein Mwinyi

Hussein Mwinyi
Mwinyi in 2014
8th President of Zanzibar
Assumed office
3 November 2020
Vice PresidentOthman Masoud Sharif (first)
Hemed Suleiman Abdalla (second)
Preceded byAli Mohamed Shein
Minister of Defence and National Service
In office
20 January 2014  3 November 2020
Preceded byShamsi Vuai Nahodha
Succeeded byElias John Kwandikwa
In office
13 February 2008  7 May 2012
Preceded byJuma Kapuya
Succeeded byShamsi Vuai Nahodha
Minister of Health and Social Welfare
In office
7 May 2012  20 January 2014
Preceded byHadji Mponda
Succeeded bySeif Rashidi
1st Minister of State for Union Affairs
In office
6 January 2006  13 February 2008
Vice PresidentAli Mohamed Shein
Succeeded byMuhammed Seif Khatib
Deputy Minister of Health
In office
2000–2005
PresidentBenjamin Mkapa
Member of Parliament
for Kwahani
In office
December 2005  2020
Member of Parliament
for Mkuranga
In office
October 2000  2005
Succeeded byAdam Malima
Personal details
Born (1966-12-23) 23 December 1966
Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Political partyCCM
SpouseMama Mariam Mwinyi
RelationsAbdullah Mwinyi (brother)
Parents
ResidenceZanzibar State House
Alma materMarmara University (MD)
Hammersmith Hospital (PhD)
ProfessionPhysician
Medical practiceMuhimbili Hospital (1993–95)
HKMU (1998–2000)

Hussein Ali Mwinyi (born 23 December 1966) is a Tanzanian politician who is the 8th and current President of Zanzibar since 2020. The son of former Tanzanian president Ali Hasan Mwinyi, he is a member of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) political party.