Cyril Chami

{{Short description|Tanzanian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Honourable Dr | name = Cyril Chami | honorific_suffix = MP | image = | order = 14th Minister of Industry and Trade | office = | term_start = 28 November 2010 | term_end = May 2012 | predecessor = Mary Nagu | successor = Abdallah Kigoda | office2 = Member of Parliament<br />for Moshi Rural | term_start2 = December 2005 | term_end2 = October 2015 | predecessor2 = Thomas Ngawaiya | successor2 = Anthony Komu | birth_date = {{birth date|1964|02|09|df=y}} | birth_place = Tanganyika | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|05|1964|02|09|df=y}} | death_place = Dodoma | party = CCM | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = University of Dar es Salaam<br />University of Alberta {{small|(PhD)}} | website = }}

'''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1373/2010-2015|title=Member of Parliament CV|date=2010|publisher=Parliament of Tanzania|access-date=24 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201351/http://www.parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1373/2010-2015|archive-date=29 October 2013|url-status=dead }}</ref>

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.<ref>Hassan Muhiddin, [http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/01/05/57238.html "JK’s beefed up team"], ''Guardian'' (IPP Media), January 5, 2006.</ref> He was subsequently moved to the position of Deputy Minister for Trade Industries and Marketing on February 12, 2008.<ref>Austin Beyadi, [http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2008/02/13/108285.html "Public welcomes new cabinet"], ''Guardian'' (IPP Media), February 13, 2008.</ref> He also served as the Minister of Industry, Trade and Marketing from 2010 to 2012.

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