Nazir Karamagi

Nazir Mustafa Karamagi (born December 13, 1953) is a Tanzanian politician and a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania, representing Bukoba Vijijini constituency.^[1]

Nazir Karamagi
Minister of Energy and Minerals
In office 15 October 2006 – 7 February 2008
President	Jakaya Kikwete
Preceded by	koracia tusuz
Minister of Industry, Trade and Marketing
In office January 2006 – October 2006
President	Jakaya Kikwete
Member of the Tanzanian Parliament
In office 2003–2010
Constituency	Bukoba town
Personal details
Born	(1953-12-13) 13 December 1953 (age 71) Tanganyika
Nationality	Tanzanian
Political party	CCM
Alma mater	Saint Petersburg Mining Institute (MSc) University of Edinburgh (MBA) University of Strathclyde (MSc)

Karamagi has been a member of the National Executive Council of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) since 2002.^[1] He was appointed Minister of Industry, Trade and Marketing in the Cabinet named on January 4, 2006.^[2] He was then moved to the position of Minister of Energy and Minerals on October 15, 2006,^[3] remaining in the latter post until he resigned on February 7, 2008, after being implicated in a scandal regarding a government contract to supply emergency power. His resignation came shortly after Prime Minister Edward Lowassa resigned for the same reason.^[4]

According to Karamagi, he took over the Ministry of Energy and Minerals six months after the government had signed the aforementioned contract, which Karamagi said was a deal made in good faith and intended to provide more energy for the country.^[4]