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The president of Tanzania is Jakaya Kikwete. He was elected to office in December 2005. He isboth chief of state as well as head of government.Although the president of Tanzania presides over the entire republic, Zanzibar elects a presidentof its own who is head of government for internal issues related specifically to the islands ofZanzibar. Amani Abeid Karume was reelected to that position in October 2005.The vice president of Tanzania is Dr. Ali Mohammed Shein. He was appointed to the office inJuly 2001 after the previous vice president died.The president appoints the Prime Minister, currently Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda, who servesas the executive government's leader in the National Assembly.The president chooses his cabinet from among members of the National Assembly. Tanzania'sconstitution also allows the president to nominate 10 non-elected members for the cabinet.Both the president and vice president are elected on the same ballot by popular vote. They servefor five-year terms and are allowed to serve a second term if elected. The previous election wasin December 2005. The next election will be in December 2010.Legislative BranchThe National Assembly (also called the Bunge) is unicameral and can have up to 325 members.This is how the National Assembly looked after the 2005 general elections: 232 members electedfrom the constituencies, 75 special seats allocated to women, 10 members appointed by thepresident, 5 members from the Zanzibar House of Representatives, and the Attorney General ofTanzania.The National Assembly passes laws that primarily affect the mainland. Laws passed by theNational Assembly only affect Zanzibar in specifically designated union-related matters.Zanzibar has its own House of Representatives for making laws.Zanzibar's House of Representatives consists of 50 seats elected by the people of Zanzibar, 15special seats allocated to women, 10 people appointed by the president of Zanzibar, 5 ex officiomembers, and the attorney general of Zanzibar.Judicial BranchThe legal system of Tanzania is based on British common law, but its five-level judiciarycombines the jurisdictions of tribal, Islamic, and British common law. Judicial review oflegislative acts is limited to matters of interpretation.The judicial system in Tanzania consists of a Court of Appeals, High Court, Resident MagistrateCourts, District Courts, and Primary Courts. The Court of Appeals has a chief justice and four
judges. The High Court has a lead judge called Jaji Kiongozi and 29 judges appointed by thepresident.A commercial court was established on the mainland in 1999. It is a division of the High Court.There is also an official ombudsman, the Permanent Commission of Enquiry.Zanzibar has its own High Court, as well as Magistrate and Kadhis (Islamic) courts. All casestried in Zanzibar's courts can be appealed to the Court of Appeals of the union, except for thoseissues involving the constitution and Islamic law.Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tz.htmlSource: http://www.tanzania.go.tz/governancef.htmlSource: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2843.htmSource: http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/economies/Africa/Tanzania.htmlSource: http://www.tanzania.go.tz/administration.htmlSource: http://www.zanzinet.org/zanzibar/visiwa.htmlSource: http://joshuastern.blogspot.com/2007/11/kwa-heri-pemba-na-kila-la-heri.htmlSource: http://www.jakayakikwete.com/tanzania/Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1424333.stmEconomy: Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world. The International MonetaryFund (IMF), World Bank, and other donors have given money to help Tanzania alleviate povertyand boost the country's economic infrastructure.Tanzania's economy depends on agriculture, which is more than 40% of the Gross DomesticProduct (GDP). Agriculture provides for 85% of exports and employs 80% of the work force.However, environmental conditions limit cultivated crops to only 4% of Tanzania's land area.Primary agriculture products from Tanzania include coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Major industriesare minerals and manufactured goods.On the islands of Zanzibar, the economy is based mostly on the production of cloves. 90 percentof the cloves are grown the island of Pemba.Industry in Tanzania has traditionally focused on the processing of agriculture products and lightconsumer goods. Lately there has been an increase of industrial production, as well as anincreased output of minerals such as gold.Tanzania's primary export partners are China, India, the Netherlands, Germany, and the UnitedArab Emirates. Import partners include China, Kenya, South Africa, India, and the United ArabEmirates.Tourism is another important industry in Tanzania. The country features the Serengeti, the exoticislands of Zanzibar, and the snow-capped volcano, Mt. Kilimanjaro. There are numerous nationalparks, beaches, big game reserves, and a wide variety of wildlife.Tanzanian currency is based on the Tanzanian shilling. As of July 2009, one US dollar wasworth just over 1300 Tanzanian shillings.
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