{"id":414849,"date":"2026-09-07T16:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/414849\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:18:13","slug":"hafidh-ameir-hassan-dead-tanzanian-president-samia-hassan-lose-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/414849\/","title":{"rendered":"Hafidh Ameir Hassan dead: Tanzanian president Samia Hassan lose husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/efadb0f0-aa96-11f1-a291-b542ee92de7c.jpg.webp\"   alt=\"Samia Hassan\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1024 \/ 723\" class=\"css-1seqhu9\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-nyj3yn\" role=\"text\">Wia dis foto come from, Alexander KAZAKOV \/ POOL \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Published 7 hours wey don pass<\/p>\n<p>Read am in 3 mins<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Hafidh Ameir Hassan, husband of President Samia Suluhu Hassan, don die.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Vice President Deogratius Ndejembi make di announcement on Monday, 7 September. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Ndejembi say Ameir die for 8am for di Emilio Mzena Memorial Hospital for Zanzibar, wia e bin dey receive treatment for heart condition.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">&#8220;Na wit great sadness I inform you of di death of Mr Hafidh Ameir Hassan, husband of di President of di United Republic of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan,&#8221; Mr Ndejembi tok.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">E extend im condolences to President Hassan, her family, relatives and friends, as well as Tanzanians afta di death.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Ndejembi say funeral arrangements don start for Kizimkazi, Zanzibar.<\/p>\n<p>African leaders pay tribute to President Samia<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">President Samia neva tok anytin about di death of her husband as at di time of dis report, however Tanzanians don begin mourn and African leaders and pipo don dey pay tributes.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Di African Union and Presidents of Kenya, Burundi, Zambia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Senegal, dey among dos wey don express dia condolences to President Samia, her family and di pipo of Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Chairperson of di African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf for one post on X extend im condolences to di Tanzanian leader ova di demise of her husband.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">&#8220;I extend my profound sympathy to H.E. President Samia and her family during dis difficult period and dem strength, courage and solace,&#8221; e write.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Kenya President William Ruto for im tribute say im receive di news of Oga Hassan passing wit great sorrow.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">E extend im condolences to di President and di pipo of Tanzania. <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">&#8220;President Samia don lost a lifelong companion, her children a beloved father, and Tanzania a distinguished son.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">&#8220;Kenya stand wit our Tanzanian brothers and sisters for dis moment of grief. May Almighty God comfort President Samia and her family, give dem strength through dis difficult time, and grant Hafidh Ameir Hassan eternal rest,&#8221; Oga Ruto add.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye also express condolence to di pipo of Tanzania. &#8220;For dis hour of grief, Burundi stand firmly beside our Tanzanian brothers and sisters. May di Almighty grant President Samia and her family comfort and strength for dis difficult moment, and may He grant eternal rest to di soul of Hafidh Ameir Hassan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Africa CDC for dia tribute tok sorry to di president and say dem stand wit her during dis time of sorrow.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Hafidh Ameir na agricultural academic wey specialise in agriculture. E mostly keep low public profile, as pipo no too dey see am for public.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">E marry Samia Suluhu for 1978, bifor she enta national politics. Di couple get four children &#8211; three sons and a daughter.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Ameir bicom Tanzania First Gentleman wen im wife bicom president for 2021.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">E no dey too appear for public alongside di president, although, pipo dey occasionally see dem togeda for official and political events.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 eea635z0\">Dia daughter, Wanu Hafidh Ameir, also na politician wey currently dey serves for Zanzibar House of Representatives for di National Assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wia dis foto come from, Alexander KAZAKOV \/ POOL \/ AFP via Getty Images Published 7 hours wey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[55],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-414849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tanzania","tag-tanzania"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@africa\/117230666430770432","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}