Tanzania is a unitary presidential democratic republic in East Africa. The President serves as both head of state and head of government, and the National Assembly, known as the Bunge, holds legislative power. Tanzania's capital is Dodoma.
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Governed By
Source Samia Suluhu Hassan (Wikipedia)
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Source Tanzania (Wikipedia)
Source Tanzania (Wikipedia)
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1. Freedom House: Tanzania (Freedom in the World 2025)
Freedom HouseOverview, Global Freedom Score 28/100 (not free)Quote, Overview, Global Freedom Score 28/100 (not free)
Tanzania has held regular multiparty elections since its transition from a one-party state in the early 1990s, but the opposition remains weak.
2. Tanzania (Wikipedia)
Infobox: established_date4
25 April 1977
Practices: Unitary State, Infobox: government_type
Unitary dominant-party presidential republic
Practices: Presidential System, Infobox: government_type
Unitary dominant-party presidential republic
View the SourcePolitics of Tanzania (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationLead sectionQuote, Lead section
The politics of Tanzania takes place in the framework of a unitary presidential democratic republic
Samia Suluhu Hassan (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationGoverned By: Samia Administration, Lead sectionQuote, Governed By: Samia Administration, Lead section
having taken office on 19 March 2021 following the death of predecessor John Magufuli
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CIA World Factbook archive, Tanzania)
Encompasses: Chama Cha Mapinduzi, Government: partiesQuote, Encompasses: Chama Cha Mapinduzi, Government: parties
Revolutionary Party of Tanzania (CCM) (383); ACT-Wazalendo (2)
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