Cyril August Chami (9 February 1964 – 5 November 2020) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

for the Moshi Rural constituency from 2005 to 2015. Chami was a

in the

National Assembly of Tanzania The National Assembly of Tanzania ( sw, Bunge la Tanzania) and the President of Tanzania of the United Republic make up the Parliament of Tanzania. The current Speaker of the National Assembly is Tulia Ackson, who presides over a unicameral ass ...

, 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. He was subsequently moved to the position of Deputy Minister for Trade Industries and Marketing on February 12, 2008.Austin Beyadi
"Public welcomes new cabinet"
''Guardian'' (IPP Media), February 13, 2008. He also served as the Minister of Industry, Trade and Marketing from 2010 to 2012.

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1964 births 2020 deaths Chama Cha Mapinduzi MPs Tanzanian MPs 2005–2010 Tanzanian MPs 2010–2015 University of Dar es Salaam alumni University of Alberta alumni {{Tanzania-politician-stub