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This is a list of the heads of state of Tanzania, from the independence of Tanganyika in 1961 to the present day.. From 1961 to 1962 the head of state under the Constitution of 1961 was the queen of Tanganyika, Elizabeth II, who was also the queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.The monarch was represented in Tanganyika by a governor-general.