Salmin Amour سلمين عمور Dr. |
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5th President of Zanzibar | |
In office 25 October 1990 – 8 November 2000 |
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Preceded by | Idris Abdul Wakil |
Succeeded by | Amani Abeid Karume |
Personal details | |
Born | 1942 (age 74–75) Mkwajuni, Zanzibar |
Nationality | Tanzanian |
Political party | CCM |
Spouse(s) | Bi Azza |
Children | 12 |
Residence | Zanzibar |
Alma mater | PhD Leipzig University formerly Carl Marx party College Berlin - German 1986. |
Salmin Amour (born 1942) is a Tanzanian politician who was 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. In Tanzania's first multi-party elections in 1995, Amour was accused of rigging the Zanzibari presidential election by opposition leader Seif Shariff Hamad.