Mariam Omar
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Mariam Omar is a Zanzibar
i politician and member of the Sauti ya Umma
(SAU) party. Running as the SAU candidate in the 30 October 2005 Zanzibar presidential election
, Omar finished last out of six candidates, receiving 0.07% of the vote. She is the first woman ever to contest the Zanzibar presidency.
Zanzibar
Zanzibar ,Persian: زنگبار, from suffix bār: "coast" and Zangi: "bruin" ; is a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, in East Africa. It comprises the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja , and Pemba...
i politician and member of the Sauti ya Umma
Sauti ya Umma
Sauti ya Umma is a political party in Tanzania. The party was registered on 17 February 2005.In elections for the Zanzibar Presidency and House of Representatives on 30 October 2005, SAU presidential candidate Mariam Omar won 0.07% of the vote...
(SAU) party. Running as the SAU candidate in the 30 October 2005 Zanzibar presidential election
Tanzanian elections, 2005
Tanzania held presidential and parliamentary elections on 14 December 2005. Originally scheduled for 30 October, the elections were postponed due to the death of a vice-presidential candidate. These polls were the third since the country returned to multiparty rule in 1992...
, Omar finished last out of six candidates, receiving 0.07% of the vote. She is the first woman ever to contest the Zanzibar presidency.