Mayor of Dar es Salaam

Mayor of Dar es Salaam
Incumbent The Rt. Hon Lord Mayor Isaya Mwita Charles
Appointer	Electorate of Dar es Salaam
Term length	Five years
Salary	Tshs
Website	City council Website

The position of mayor is a political position elected by the Councillors, along with the Local Governments administrative of Dar es Salaam consisting of not less than 92 wards and is accountable for the Dar es Salaam City Council.

The current mayor is Isaya Mwita Charles, who took up office on 16 March 2016. The position was held by the Lord mayor late Didas Masaburi who is no longer on this position for five years that is from 2010 to 2015. Isaya Mwita Charles succeeded him after winning the elections and is now the current Lord mayor. The Lord Mayor of Dar es Salaam is the Lord Mayor, Chairman of City Council of Dar es Salaam, first citizen and civic head of Dar es Salaam.

The appointment is made by the council every five years depending on calendar schedule given by the Ministry responsible for Local Government , at the same time appointing a deputy mayor , the city's other civic head assisting the Lord Mayor.

The Karimjee compound of Dar es Salaam, is the Lord Mayor's Office during his or her term in office.

List of mayors

Below is a list of the seventeen mayors who held the terms in office from 1949 to the current mayor elected in 2016.

List of mayors of Dar es Salaam

No	Portrait	Name of Mayor	Starting term	Ending term	Notes
1		P Overett OBE	1949-1950	1952	First Mayor of Dar es Salaam
2		Abdul Karim A J Karimjee	1951, 1953-1954	1957	mayor of the city
3		T.W. Tyreel	1955	1956
4		S.D. Howarth	1958	1958
5		Manilal Mathuradas Dewani	1959	1959	Hindu business man
6		Amir Abedi	1960	1961	The first African Mayor
7		M Mfaume	1962	1963	The 2nd African Mayor
8		R.O. Kirundu	1964	1966
9		O.O. Londo	1967	1967
10		A. Chambuso	1967	1974
11		Ramadhan Nyamka	1978	1982
12		Kitwana Kondo	1983	1995
13		Abuu h. Jumaa	1996	2000
14		Kleist Sykes	2000	2005
15		Adam Omary Kimbisa	2006	2010
16		Didas J. Masaburi	2010	2015
17		Isaya Mwita Charles	2016	2020
18		Omary Said Kumbilamoto

External links

• Dar es Salaam City Council website