Dr Abdallah Kigoda | |
Order: | 8th |
Office: | Minister of Industry and Trade (Tanzania)Minister of Industry and Trade |
Term Start: | 7 May 2012 |
Term End: | 12 October 2015 |
President: | Jakaya Kikwete |
Predecessor: | Cyril Chami |
Term Start2: | 1996 |
Term End2: | 1997 |
Predecessor2: | William Shija |
Successor2: | Kingunge Ngombale–Mwiru |
Office3: | Minister of State in the President's Office for Planning and Privatization |
Term Start3: | 2000 |
Term End3: | 2005 |
President3: | Benjamin Mkapa |
Office4: | Minister of Energy and Minerals |
Term Start4: | 1997 |
Term End4: | 2000 |
President4: | Benjamin Mkapa |
Office5: | Member of Parliament for Handeni |
Term Start5: | October 1995 |
Term End5: | July 2015 |
Birth Date: | 25 November 1953 |
Birth Place: | Tanganyika |
Death Place: | New Delhi, India |
Resting Place: | Handeni, Tanzania[1] |
Nationality: | Tanzanian |
Party: | CCM |
Profession: | Economist |
Abdallah Omar Kigoda (25 November 1953 – 12 October 2015) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Handeni constituency from 1995 to 2015. He served as Minister of Industry and Trade from 1996 to 1997, as Minister of Energy and Minerals from 1997 to 2000, as Minister of State in the President's Office for Planning and Privatisation from 2000 to 2005, and again as Minister of Industry and Trade from 2012 to 2015.[2]
He overwhelmingly won the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) nomination for Handeni constituency prior to the 2005 parliamentary election, receiving 1,216 votes while the nearest of his four opponents for the nomination received 94.[3]
He died on 12 October 2015 whilst undergoing treatment in India.[4] [5]