# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-lowassa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:21:58.105Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-lowassa"
name: "Edward Lowassa"
slug: "edward-lowassa"
description: "Edward Ngoyai Lowassa was a Tanzanian politician who was Prime Minister of Tanzania from 2005 to 2008, serving under President Jakaya Kikwete. Lowassa went into record as the first Prime Minister to have been forced to resign by a fraud scandal in the history of Tanzania. Following his resignation President Kikwete was obliged to dissolve his cabinet as required by the Constitution and with minimum delay, constituted a new one under a new Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda."
tagline: "Tanzanian politician (1953–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edward_Lowasa_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1953-08-26"
deathDate: "2024-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump