Omar Ali Juma (26 June 1941 – 4 July 2001) was Chief Minister of Zanzibar from 25 January 1988 to October 1995. From 1995 to 2001, he served as Vice President of Tanzania.
Life and career Attended primary school education between 1949 and 1957 at Chake-Chake Boys' School. From 1957 to 1960, he was at Euan Smith Secondary School (now Haile Selassie Secondary School) where he attained an Ordinary Level School Certificate. In 1960, he joined the Moscow State University and was awarded with an Advanced Level Certificate in 1962 and seven years later, at the same college, he attained a bachelor's degree in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery. For a year from 1969, he was at Cairo University for a post graduate certificate in Animal Production and Health. In 1976, he attended a one-year course for a Postgraduate Diploma in Tropical Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. In 1982, he joined the University of Florida in the United States for a short course in Veterinary Science and two years later he attended University of Reading for a Livestock Economics course, from which he joined the Kivukoni Ideological College in Tanzania.
Appointments 1967–1969: Assistant Veterinary Officer, Zanzibar 1969–1970: Veterinary Officer in charge of Pemba 1970–1971: Senior Veterinary Officer 1971–1972: Livestock Officer 1972–1978: Chief Veterinary Officer 1978–1984: Director, Livestock Department 1984–1988: Principal Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development 1988–1995: Chief Minister, Zanzibar Revolutionary Government 1995–2001: Elected Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania
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