Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi — President of Zanzibar (1972–1984)

Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi (14 June 1920 – 14 August 2016) was a prominent Zanzibari politician best known for serving as the second President of Zanzibar. He led the islands through a formative era after the 1964 revolution and through the political consolidation that followed the creation of the United Republic of Tanzania.

Early in life Jumbe was born in Juba, at the time part of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and now within the borders of South Sudan. Biographical accounts place him among several island leaders of diverse origins who rose to prominence during the mid-20th century upheavals in East Africa. Over the course of his career he became closely associated with the Afro-Shirazi Party, the dominant political movement in Zanzibar after the 1964 revolution.

Jumbe assumed the presidency of Zanzibar on 7 April 1972 following the tenure of his predecessor. He remained in office until 30 January 1984. His period in office coincided with single-party government across the mainland and islands, the formal merger of mainland and Zanzibari ruling parties into Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) in the 1970s, and ongoing negotiations over the balance of powers between Zanzibar and the union government of Tanzania.

After leaving the presidency he remained a figure of historical interest for Zanzibar and Tanzania. In his later years he lived in Dar es Salaam and died at his home in Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam, on 14 August 2016 at the age of 96. Observers note that his long life spanned colonial rule, decolonization, revolutionary change, and the consolidation of the modern Tanzanian state.