Abeid Karume

Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume ( born April 4, 1905 in Mwera, Zanzibar, † April 7, 1972 in Zanzibar Town ) was a sansibarischer politician and the first President of Zanzibar in 1964 From 1964 until his assassination in 1972, he was First Vice-President. of Tanzania.

Life

Karume was born according to own data in Mwera on Zanzibar, but this was frequently asked by political opponents in question. Since his youth he worked as a sailor before he became involved in politics. Karume founded in 1957, the Afro - Shirazi Party (ASP ), to defend the interests of the black African majority against the Arab- upper class and the ethnic Indian traders in Zanzibar. After the revolution and the overthrow of the Sultan in 1964 was President Karume of People's Republic of Zanzibar. In April 1964, he agreed under heavy pressure from the outside of the union of his country with Tanganyika to form the United Republic of Tanzania and became its first vice president under Julius Nyerere. Karume was killed on April 7, 1972 an assassination attempt. Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi became his successor as president of Zanzibar.

His son, Amani Abeid Karume was in the years 2000 to 2010 President of the autonomous islands of Zanzibar and Pemba.