President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan. Photo: Elizabeth Frantz / Reuters
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has lost her husband, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, who died on Monday while receiving treatment at a hospital in Zanzibar.
The death of Tanzania’s First Gentleman was officially announced by Vice-President Deogratius Ndejembi, according to the BBC.
Ndejembi said Ameir had been suffering from a heart condition and died at 8 am local time on Monday at Emilio Mzena Memorial Hospital in Zanzibar.
The Vice-President added that funeral arrangements were underway in Kizimkazi, a village on Zanzibar.
