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Cyril Chami

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Cyril Chami
14thMinister of Industry and Trade
In office
28 November 2010 – May 2012
Preceded byMary Nagu
Succeeded byAbdallah Kigoda
Member of Parliament
forMoshi Rural
In office
December 2005 – October 2015
Preceded byThomas Ngawaiya
Succeeded byAnthony Komu
Personal details
Born(1964-02-09)9 February 1964
Tanganyika
Died5 November 2020(2020-11-05)(aged 56)
Dodoma
NationalityTanzanian
Political partyCCM
Alma materUniversity of Dar es Salaam
University of Alberta(PhD)

Cyril August Chami(9 February 1964 – 5 November 2020) was a TanzanianCCMpolitician andMember of Parliamentfor the Moshi Rural constituency from 2005 to 2015.[1]

Chami was aMember of Parliamentin theNational Assembly of Tanzania,having won the seat of Moshi Rural as aChama Cha Mapinduzi(CCM) candidate in the2005 parliamentary electionafter the seat had been held by the opposition for ten years. Following this victory, he was appointed Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on January 4, 2006.[2]He was subsequently moved to the position of Deputy Minister for Trade Industries and Marketing on February 12, 2008.[3]He also served as the Minister of Industry, Trade and Marketing from 2010 to 2012.

References

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  1. ^"Member of Parliament CV".Parliament of Tanzania. 2010. Archived fromthe originalon 29 October 2013.Retrieved24 October2013.
  2. ^Hassan Muhiddin,"JK’s beefed up team",Guardian(IPP Media), January 5, 2006.
  3. ^Austin Beyadi,"Public welcomes new cabinet",Guardian(IPP Media), February 13, 2008.