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CHARLES OMARI.

His Full name is Charles Sembe Luboko Omari. Served as Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Prime Ministers Office and later Permanent Secretary in the Vice President’s Office of Tanzania in the 1980s.

He was born on the 3rd of November, 1935 at "Kwakopwe" village, Muheza district in Tanga Region. His tribe is "Bondei". Mzee Omari held a Diploma in Education from University of Makerere, Uganda; Bachelor of Mathematics from Bowling Green State University (1965) United States of America (USA) and a Master of Education from University of Dar es Salaam (1977). He had a wife named Agnes Bridget Kihampa and Eight Children. Mzee Omari was active in the Anglican Church of Tanzania.

He was first employed in the government service in 1959 at Tabora Boys Secondary School in Tabora. In 1961-1963 he was the Second Master of Tabora Boys Secondary School, 1965-1969 he was a Headmaster of Ifunda Technical Secondary School, in Iringa Region, in 1969-1970 he was a Principal of Dar es Salaam Technical College currently known as Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology (DIT) and in 1970-1972 he was the Assistant Director of Tanzania’s National Education (in charge of Technical and Commercial Education). On the 4th of July 1972 the first President of the United Republic of Tanzania, the late Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere appointed Mzee Omari as the Principal to the Institute of Development Management (IDM) Mzumbe which is currently known as Mzumbe University. His appointment came three days after IDM Mzumbe become a Parasternal Organization 1st July 1972 and so he became the First principal at the institute. He served the position until 1977 when he was again appointed Principal at Moshi Cooperative College currently known as Moshi Co-operative University. In 1980 He was again transferred back to IDM Mzumbe as a Principal. He served the position at IDM Mzumbe up to April 1984 when he was again appointed by the President of United Republic of Tanzania Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere to be the commissioner for National Education in the then Ministry of Education currently Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST). He was later promoted to be the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Prime Ministers Office and later Permanent Secretary in the Vice President’s Office, responsible for Dodoma Capital Development.

He taught some of the most influencial leaders and public figures like; Augustino Ramadhani who was the Chief Justice of Tanzania, President of African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and Episcopal vicar of the Diocese of Dar es Salaam and Joseph Sinde Warioba who was the 5th Prime Minister and the Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania (URT).