What is Basil Mramba?
'''Basil Pesambili Mramba''' (15 May 1940 – 17 August 2021) was a Tanzanian [[Chama Cha Mapinduzi]] politician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1025/2005-2010 |title=Member of Parliament CV |year=2010 |publisher=[[Parliament of Tanzania]] |accessdate=2 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193722/http://parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1025/2005-2010 |archivedate=2 January 2014 }}</ref> He was the [[Minister of Industry and Trade (Tanzania)|Minister of Industry and Trade]] between 1986 until 1989 and again from 2006 until 2008. He was also the [[Minister of Finance (Tanzania)|Minister of Finance]] between 2001 until 2005. Mramba died from [[COVID-19]] on 17 August 2021 at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/tanzania-ex-minister-basil-mramba-dies-3514346|title=Tanzania ex-minister Mramba dies of Covid-related complications|work=[[The EastAfrican]]|date=17 August 2021|access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mramba, Basil}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Tanzania]] [[Category:Tanzanian politicians]] {{bio-stub}}