# List of prime ministers of Tanzania

This is a list of the prime ministers of Tanzania, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister of Tanganyika in 1960 to the present day.
Tanzania was formed after the Zanzibar Revolution in 1964, when the People's Republic of Zanzibar united with mainland Tanganyika to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which was later renamed to the United Republic of Tanzania.

## List of officeholders
### Symbols

$^†$ Died in office

### Chief Minister of Tanganyika

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Queen |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Queen |
| 1 | | Julius Nyerere (1922–1999) | 2 September 1960 | 1 May 1961 | 241 days | TANU | Elizabeth II |

### Prime ministers of Tanganyika

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Queen |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Queen |
| 1 | | Julius Nyerere (1922–1999) | 1 May 1961 | 22 January 1962 | 266 days | TANU | Elizabeth II |
| 2 | | Rashidi Kawawa (1926–2009) | 22 January 1962 | 9 December 1962 | 321 days | TANU | Elizabeth II |
| Post abolished (9 December 1962 – 29 October 1964) ||||||||

### Prime ministers of Tanzania

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | President(s) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | President(s) |
| Post abolished (1 November 1964 – 17 February 1972) ||||||||
| 1 | | Rashidi Kawawa (1926–2009) | 17 February 1972 | 13 February 1977 | 4 years, 362 days | TANU (until 1977) | Nyerere |
| | | Rashidi Kawawa (1926–2009) | 17 February 1972 | 13 February 1977 | 4 years, 362 days | CCM | Nyerere |
| 2 | | Edward Sokoine (1938–1984) | 13 February 1977 | 7 November 1980 | 3 years, 268 days | CCM | Nyerere |
| 3 | | Cleopa Msuya (born 1931) | 7 November 1980 | 24 February 1983 | 2 years, 109 days | CCM | Nyerere |
| (2) | | Edward Sokoine (1938–1984) | 24 February 1983 | 12 April 1984 | 1 year, 48 days | CCM | Nyerere |
| 4 | | Salim Ahmed Salim (born 1942) | 24 April 1984 | 5 November 1985 | 1 year, 195 days | CCM | Nyerere |
| 5 | | Joseph Warioba (born 1940) | 5 November 1985 | 9 November 1990 | 5 years, 4 days | CCM | Mwinyi |
| 6 | | John Malecela (born 1934) | 9 November 1990 | 7 December 1994 | 4 years, 28 days | CCM | Mwinyi |
| (3) | | Cleopa Msuya (born 1931) | 7 December 1994 | 28 November 1995 | 356 days | CCM | Mwinyi Mkapa |
| 7 | | Frederick Sumaye (born 1950) | 28 November 1995 | 30 December 2005 | 10 years, 32 days | CCM | Mkapa Kikwete |
| 8 | | Edward Lowassa (1953–2024) | 30 December 2005 | 7 February 2008 | 2 years, 39 days | CCM | Kikwete |
| 9 | | Mizengo Pinda (born 1948) | 9 February 2008 | 5 November 2015 | 7 years, 269 days | CCM | Kikwete |
| 10 | | Kassim Majaliwa (born 1961) | 20 November 2015 | Incumbent | 9 years, 48 days | CCM | Magufuli Suluhu |

## Deputy prime ministers

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | President(s) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | President(s) |
| 1 | | Salim Ahmed Salim (born 1942) | 1986 | 1989 | CCM | Joseph Warioba | Mwinyi |
| 2 | | Augustino Mrema (1944–2022) | 1992 | 1994 | CCM | John Malecela | Mwinyi |
| 3 | | Doto Biteko (born 1978) | 1 September 2023 | Incumbent | CCM | Kassim Majaliwa | Suluhu |