Abdallah Kigoda

{{Short description|Tanzanian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Dr Abdallah Kigoda

| image = Abdallah Kigoda.jpg

| order = 8th

| office = Minister of Industry and Trade (Tanzania){{!}}Minister of Industry and Trade

| term_start = 7 May 2012

| term_end = 12 October 2015

| president = Jakaya Kikwete

| predecessor = Cyril Chami

| successor =

| term_start2 = 1996

| term_end2 = 1997

| predecessor2 = William Shija

| successor2 = Kingunge Ngombale–Mwiru

| office3 = Minister of State in the President's Office for Planning and Privatization

| term_start3 = 2000

| term_end3 = 2005

| president3 = Benjamin Mkapa

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 =

| office4 = Minister of Energy and Minerals

| term_start4 = 1997

| term_end4 = 2000

| president4 = Benjamin Mkapa

| predecessor4 =

| successor4 =

| office5 = Member of Parliament
for Handeni

| term_start5 = October 1995

| term_end5 = July 2015

| predecessor5 =

| successor5 =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1953|11|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tanganyika

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|10|12|1953|11|25|df=y}}

| death_place = New Delhi, India

| resting_place = Handeni, Tanzania[http://issamichuzi.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/rais-kikwete-aongoza-mamia-kumzika.html Rais Kikwete aongoza mamia kumzika Dk Kigoda], Michuzi Blog

| nationality = Tanzanian

| party = CCM

| spouse =

| children =

| alma_mater = University of Dar es Salaam
Vanderbilt University {{small|(MA)}}
University of Missouri {{small|(PhD)}}

| profession = Economist

| religion =

}}

Abdallah Omar Kigoda (25 November 1953 – 12 October 2015) was a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Handeni constituency from 1995 to 2015. He served as Minister of Industry and Trade from 1996 to 1997, as Minister of Energy and Minerals from 1997 to 2000, as Minister of State in the President's Office for Planning and Privatisation from 2000 to 2005, and again as Minister of Industry and Trade from 2012 to 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1030/|title=Member of Parliament CV|publisher=Parliament of Tanzania|access-date=5 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064548/http://www.parliament.go.tz/index.php/members/mpcvs/1030/|archive-date=24 September 2015}}

He overwhelmingly won the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) nomination for Handeni constituency prior to the 2005 parliamentary election, receiving 1,216 votes while the nearest of his four opponents for the nomination received 94.[http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2005/08/06/46366.html "’Women power’ herald a new era in CCM"], Guardian, August 6, 2005.

He died on 12 October 2015 whilst undergoing treatment in India.[http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/-/1840340/2910770/-/86jgld/-/index.html "Minister Abdallah Kigoda dies in India"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085951/http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/News/-/1840340/2910770/-/86jgld/-/index.html |date=2016-03-04 }}, The Citizen[http://www.mwananchi.co.tz/habari/Kitaifa/Waziri-Kigoda-afariki-dunia-nchini-India/-/1597296/2910748/-/12mqlip/-/index.html "Waziri Kigoda afariki dunia nchini India"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611182612/https://www.mwananchi.co.tz/habari/Kitaifa/Waziri-Kigoda-afariki-dunia-nchini-India/-/1597296/2910748/-/12mqlip/-/index.html |date=2019-06-11 }}, Mwananchi