Othman Masoud Othman appointed Zanzibar's Vice President

Zanzibar President Hussein Mwinyi has appointed Mr Othman Masoud Othman as the new Vice President.

Othman is replacing Maalim Seif Sharrif Hamad who succumbed to coronavirus on February 17th, 2021.

Article 40(1) of Zanzibar's constitution; in case a first or second Vice President does , the successor should be picked within 14 days.

" And following powers vested on him through Article 39(4) of the Zanzibar Constitution of 1984 and after consultations with ACT-Wazalendo, the President of Zanzibar and chairman of the Revolutionary Council Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi has appointed Mr Othman Masoud Othman Sharif to be the First Vice President,” reads part of the press statement

 Mr Othman was a nominee of the opposition party ACT- Wazalendo, a party the late Seif Sharrif Hamad chaired.