Tanzania Vice President Resigns.

In a statement posted on Instagram on August 25, 2026, Nchimbi said he had submitted his resignation to President Samia Suluhu Hassan. The decision is set to take effect on September 4, 2026. 

Nchimbi said his decision was motivated by his commitment to President Samia and his desire to serve her and the country faithfully. He also said he was prepared to leave office if the President felt that a new Vice President should be appointed. 

“I have become convinced, without any doubt, that Her Excellency the President wants change. That is why I have decided to fulfill my promise,” he said.

Nchimbi’s resignation comes just 295 days after he was sworn in as Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania. He took the oath of office on November 3, 2025, at a government building in Chamwino, Dodoma, Tanzania’s political capital. His swearing-in followed his victory alongside President Samia in the October 29, 2025 presidential election.

A former Secretary General of the ruling CCM party, Nchimbi thanked President Samia and the party for the confidence they had placed in him. He also expressed gratitude to Tanzanians for their cooperation throughout his time in government.

Nchimbi said that despite leaving politics and public service, he would remain a patriotic Tanzanian and continue contributing to the country in other ways.

His resignation comes amid recent rumors of disagreements between him and President Samia Suluhu Hassan, although the exact reason behind his decision has not been disclosed.

Nchimbi’s resignation marks the first resignation of a Tanzanian Vice President since the country adopted multiparty politics in the 1990s. Historically, however, he is the second Vice President of Tanzania to resign from office, after Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi, who resigned in January 1984and subsequently left the ruling CCM party.