AfricaPress-Tanzania: Zanzibar President Hussein Mwinyi on Monday (March 1, 2021) appointed Othman Masoud Othman of Alliance for Change and Transparency Party (ACT WAZALENDO) as the new First Vice-President replacing the late Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad who died last month.
The appointment came after a discussion between President Mwinyi and the members of ACT-WAZALENDO party.
Prior to his appointment, Masoud held various top positions in the Zanzibar Revolutionary Government, including being Attorney General.
He will be sworn-in on Tuesday (March 2,2021) at the State House in Zanzibar.
