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VIDEOS OF ABOUD JUMBE
Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi (14
June 1920 – 14 August 2016) was a Zanzibari politician.
He held several positions, including the second president of Zanzibar, chairman of the Revolutionary Council,
Vice-President of the Union, and the vice-chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party.
Jumbe served as president of
Zanzibar from 11 April 1972 until 30 January 1984. He succeeded Abeid
Karume as president, following Karume's assassination on 7 April 1972. He
was initially elected by the Revolutionary Council as a part of
the Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP). While he was in
office, in 1977, the two ruling parties of Tanzania
merged. In particular, the ASP and the Tanganyika African National Union
(TANU), merged to create Tanzania's ruling party, the CCM.
Jumbe died at the age of 96 at
his home at Kigamboni,
Dar
es Salaam, on 14 August 2016.
Videos of Aboud Jumbe
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