Education
Shein completed his secondary education at Lumumba College, Zanzibar. He completed a course in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Developing Countries at the University of East Anglia in 1995.
Shein completed his secondary education at Lumumba College, Zanzibar. He completed a course in Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Developing Countries at the University of East Anglia in 1995.
He was previously Vice President of Tanzania from 2001 to 2010. He is a medical doctor by profession. In 1969–1970 he joined Preparatory Faculty, Voronezh State University, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics for “A” Level High Education before he took an undergraduate course from 1970–1975 at Odessa State University, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1984–1988.
Doctor.Shein worked as a Clerk at the Ministry of Education and Assistant to the Deputy Principal Secretary from May 1969 – September 1969.
In 1976–1984 he was Head of the Department of Diagnosis and the Department of Patgy at the Ministry of Health. He was also Specialist in Diagnosis and Head of the Department of Pathology, Ministry of Health from 1989–1991.
From November 1991 – July 1995 Doctor.Shein served as a Programme Manager, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Prevention Project at the Ministry of Health, and Advisor to the Ministry on Laboratory Services and Diagnosis.
Doctor Ali Mohamed Shein has been nominated by the ruling party CCM on 9 July 2010 as a presidential candicate for CCM in Zanzibar.Dr.Shein got 117 votes while Doctor Bilali and Vuai Nahodha got 54 and 33 respectively and was elected a new president of Zanzibar and the only one from Pemba Island by 50.1% on 31 October 2010.
Shein is originally from the island of Pemba, and he is a member of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party. 1966 – Member of Afro Shiraz Party Youth LeagueA.S.P.Y.L. January – December 1969 – Publicity Secretary, A.S.P.Y.L., Lumumba College 1968 – A.S.P.Y.L. Secretary, Zanzibar Secondary School.
Doctor Shein was appointed by the President of Zanzibar to be Member of the House of Representatives on 29 October 1995. He was then appointed Deputy Minister of Health on 12 November 1995.From 6 November 2000 he was Member of the House of Representatives at Mkanyageni Constituency in Zanzibar before appointed to be a Minister of State, President' General’ s Office, Constitution and Good Governance in Zanzibar on 22 November 2000 and later on Vice President of Tanzania July 2001. 1969 – Member of the Afro Shiraz Party.