Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania

E462470

legal document national constitution

The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania is the supreme legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and functions of Tanzania’s government and guarantees fundamental rights for its citizens.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania canonical	15
Constitution of 1977 of Tanzania	1
Constitution of Tanzania	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4672338 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania
Context triple: [President of Tanzania, constitutingInstrument, Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania]

A. Constitution of Uganda
The Constitution of Uganda is the supreme law that defines the country’s political framework, fundamental rights, and structure of government.
B. Constitution of Kenya
The Constitution of Kenya is the supreme law that establishes the structure, powers, and principles of Kenya’s government and guarantees fundamental rights for its citizens.
C. Constitution of Mozambique
The Constitution of Mozambique is the supreme law that defines the country's political system, fundamental rights, and institutional framework, including the structure and powers of its legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
D. Constitution of Tajikistan
The Constitution of Tajikistan is the country’s fundamental law that establishes its political system, defines the structure and powers of state institutions, and guarantees the basic rights and freedoms of its citizens.
E. Constitution of Zimbabwe
The Constitution of Zimbabwe is the supreme legal document that defines the structure, powers, and fundamental principles of the Zimbabwean state and its government.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania
Target entity description: The Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania is the supreme legal document that establishes the structure, powers, and functions of Tanzania’s government and guarantees fundamental rights for its citizens.

A. Constitution of Uganda
The Constitution of Uganda is the supreme law that defines the country’s political framework, fundamental rights, and structure of government.
B. Constitution of Kenya
The Constitution of Kenya is the supreme law that establishes the structure, powers, and principles of Kenya’s government and guarantees fundamental rights for its citizens.
C. Constitution of Mozambique
The Constitution of Mozambique is the supreme law that defines the country's political system, fundamental rights, and institutional framework, including the structure and powers of its legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
D. Constitution of Tajikistan
The Constitution of Tajikistan is the country’s fundamental law that establishes its political system, defines the structure and powers of state institutions, and guarantees the basic rights and freedoms of its citizens.
E. Constitution of Zimbabwe
The Constitution of Zimbabwe is the supreme legal document that defines the structure, powers, and fundamental principles of the Zimbabwean state and its government.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal document ⓘ national constitution ⓘ
adoptionDate	1977-04-26 ⓘ
adoptionYear	1977 ⓘ
amendment	amendments introducing multi-party system in the early 1990s ⓘ major amendments in 1984 ⓘ
amendmentProcedure	certain provisions require special majority ⓘ requires parliamentary approval ⓘ
bindingOn	all citizens of Tanzania ⓘ all persons within the territory of Tanzania ⓘ all state organs ⓘ
cameIntoForce	1977-04-26 ⓘ
containsChapter	fundamental rights and duties ⓘ
country	United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ linked to: Tanzania
definesGovernmentBranch	executive ⓘ judiciary ⓘ legislature ⓘ
definesNationalSymbols	national anthem ⓘ national emblem ⓘ national flag ⓘ
definesStateForm	United Republic ⓘ
definesTerritory	mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar ⓘ
definesUnion	union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar ⓘ
electoralSystem	multi-party democracy ⓘ
establishesCourt	Court of Appeal of Tanzania ⓘ High Court of Tanzania ⓘ High Court of Zanzibar (through recognition of Zanzibar’s judicial structure) ⓘ
establishesInstitution	Judiciary of Tanzania ⓘ National Assembly of Tanzania ⓘ Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ linked to: National Assembly of Tanzania Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar (for non-union matters in Zanzibar) ⓘ linked to: Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
establishesOffice	Cabinet of Ministers ⓘ President of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ linked to: President of Tanzania Prime Minister of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ linked to: Prime Minister of Tanzania Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ
guarantees	equality before the law ⓘ freedom of association ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ freedom of movement ⓘ right to life ⓘ right to participate in public affairs ⓘ right to personal freedom ⓘ
headOfGovernment	President of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ linked to: President of Tanzania
headOfState	President of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ linked to: President of Tanzania
imposesDuty	duty to defend the country ⓘ duty to obey the law ⓘ duty to protect public property ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ linked to: Tanzania
language	English ⓘ Swahili ⓘ linked to: Swahili language
legalStatus	supreme law of Tanzania ⓘ
legalSystem	unitary state ⓘ
previousSystem	single-party system ⓘ
publisher	Government of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ linked to: Government of Tanzania
recognizesComponent	Mainland Tanzania (formerly Tanganyika) ⓘ linked to: mainland Tanzania Zanzibar ⓘ
recognizesIdeals	socialism and self-reliance (ujamaa) in its original text ⓘ
replaced	Interim Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania of 1965 ⓘ
shortName	Constitution of Tanzania ⓘ linked to: Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania
supremacyClause	any law inconsistent with the Constitution is void to the extent of the inconsistency ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of Tanzania → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

National Assembly of Tanzania → follows → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

National Assembly of Tanzania → establishedBy → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

President of Zanzibar → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania → shortName → Constitution of Tanzania ⓘ

linked to: Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania

Cabinet of Tanzania → constitutionalFramework → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Bunge la Tanzania → establishedBy → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Bunge → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Government of Tanzania → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Government of Tanzania → formedBy → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania → associatedWith → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Parliament of Tanzania complex, Dodoma → associatedWith → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Clerk of the National Assembly of Tanzania → legalBasis → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania → legalBasis → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Prime Minister of Tanzania → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Judiciary of Tanzania → guaranteedBy → Constitution of the United Republic of Tanzania ⓘ

Judiciary of Tanzania → establishedUnder → Constitution of 1977 of Tanzania ⓘ