Cyril Chami Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honourable Dr
Cyril Chami
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Order:14th Minister of Industry and Trade
Term Start:28 November 2010
Term End:May 2012
Predecessor:Mary Nagu
Successor:Abdallah Kigoda
Office2:Member of Parliament
for Moshi Rural
Term Start2:December 2005
Term End2:October 2015
Predecessor2:Thomas Ngawaiya
Successor2:Anthony Komu
Birth Date:9 February 1964
Birth Place:Tanganyika
Death Place:Dodoma
Nationality:Tanzanian
Party:CCM

Cyril August Chami (9 February 1964 – 5 November 2020) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for the Moshi Rural constituency from 2005 to 2015.[1]

Chami was a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania, having won the seat of Moshi Rural as a Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) candidate in the 2005 parliamentary election after 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Member of Parliament CV. 2010. Parliament of Tanzania. 24 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201351/http://www.parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1373/2010-2015. 29 October 2013. dead .
  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.