The Chief Justice of Zanzibar is the highest judge of

Zanzibar Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands ...

, part of the state

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. He is appointed by the

President of Zanzibar The President of Zanzibar ( sw, Rais wa Zanzibar) is the head of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar, which is a semi-autonomous government within Tanzania. The current president is Hussein Mwinyi. The president is also the chairman of the ...

in consultation with the Judicial Services Commission and presides over the High Court for Zanzibar.

History

Zanzibar became a British protectorate following the Anglo-German Agreement of 1890. An

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created Her Britannic Majesty's Court for Zanzibar with a presiding judge in 1897 and another Order established the High Court in 1925. The protectorate gained its independence in December 1963 as a constitutional monarchy and after a revolution a month later was transformed into the Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba. In 1964 it merged with

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into the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which later in that year was renamed to

. Despite the unification both parts of the new state retained their former judicial systems.

Chief Judges of Zanzibar

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Chief Justices of Zanzibar

*1925–1928: Thomas Symonds Tomlinson *1928–1933:

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*1934–1939: Charles Ewan Law *1939–1941:

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*1941–1952:

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*1952–1955:

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*1955–1959:

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*1959–1964:

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*''1964–1969: Revolutionary Council'' (Chief Justice: Geoffrey Jonas Horsfall) *1970–1978:

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*1985–2011:

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*2011–2021

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*2021-Khamis Ramadhan Abdalla *

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History

Chief Judges of Zanzibar

Chief Justices of Zanzibar

See also

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