Council of Ministers of Abiy Ahmed
The Council of Ministers of Abiy Ahmed is the cabinet of the government of Ethiopia during the prime ministership of Abiy Ahmed since early 2018.
Cabinet reshuffles
The Abiy cabinet of October 2018 was gender-balanced, with half the ministers being women, including several in senior security ministries, with Aisha Mohammed Mussa as Minister of Defense and Muferiat Kamil in the newly created Ministry of Peace, which was allocated responsibility for several security services. The number of ministers was reduced from 28 to 20.[1] The other eight women ministers were Adanech Abebe, Dagmawit Moges, Ergoge Tesfaye, Fetlework Gebregziabher, Fitsum Assefa, Hirut Kassaw, Hirut Woldemariam and Yalem Tsegaye Asfaw.[2]
In April 2019, Gedu Andargachew became Foreign Minister.[3]
A January 2020 reshuffle replaced Fetlework Gebregziabher, a Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) member, by Melaku Alebel as Minister of Trade and Industry, and shifted Getahun Mekuria from Innovation and Technology to Education.[4]
A March 2020 reshuffle included shifting Adanech Abebe from a Minister to Ethiopia's first woman Attorney-General. The reshuffle included two new women ministers, promoting Lia Tadesse from State Minister for Health to Minister for Health, and Filsan Abdullahi became the Minister of Women, Children, and Youth. Some members of parliament viewed the reshuffle as reducing the representativity of Tigrayans, while member of parliament Tesfaye Daba stated that Lia Tadesse was partially of Tigrayan origin.[5] Lake Ayalew became Minister of Revenue.[6]
In November 2020, Demeke Mekonnen replaced Gedu Andargachew as Foreign Minister.[7]
Members
The Abiy cabinet has included (default source:[8])
| Office | Name | Dates | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Ethiopia | Abiy Ahmed | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia | Demeke Mekonnen | [8] | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Workneh Gebeyehu | Oct 2018– | [8][1] |
| Gedu Andargachew | Apr 2019–Nov 2020 | [3][7] | |
| Demeke Mekonnen | Nov 2020–present | [7] | |
| Minister of National Defense | Aisha Mohammed Mussa | Oct 2018–present | [1] |
| Ato Motuma Mekassa | [8] | ||
| Minister of Public Service and Human Resource Development | Ato Tagesse Chafo | [8] | |
| Attorney General (Ethiopia) | Ato Birhanu Tsegaye | Oct 2018–Mar 2020 | [1][9] |
| Adanech Abebe | Mar 2020–present | [5] | |
| Gedion Timotheos | |||
| Minister of Health (Ethiopia) | Ato Amir Aman | Oct 2018– | [8][1] |
| Lia Tadesse | Mar 2020–present | [5] | |
| Ministry of Innovation and Technology | Getahun Mekuria | Oct 2018–present | [1] |
| Oubah Mohammed (Comm. Inf. Tech.) | [8] | ||
| Abraham Belay | |||
| Minister of Finance and Economic Development | Ahmed Shide | Oct 2018–present | [1] |
| Abrham Tekeste | [8] | ||
| Ministry of Government Communication Affairs Office (Ethiopia) | Ahmed Shide | [8] | |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | Ato Siraj Fergessa | [8] | |
| Dagmawit Moges (Transp.) | Oct 2018–present | [1] | |
| Minister of Education | Tilaye Gete (Edu.) | Oct 2018–present | [8][1] |
| Getahun Mekuria (Sci, Tech.) | [8] | ||
| Minister of Science and Higher Education | Hirut Woldemariam | Oct 2018–Aug 2020 | [1][10][8] |
| Samuel Urkato | Aug 2020–present[11] | [10] | |
| Minister of Peace | Muferiat Kamil | Oct 2018–present | [1] |
| Minister of Trade and Industry (Ethiopia) | Fetlework Gebregziabher | Oct 2018–Jan 2020 | [12] |
| Melaku Alebel (Trade) | Jan 2020–present | [4] | |
| Ato Ambachew Mekonnen (Industry) | [8] | ||
| Minister of Agriculture | Omer Hussien | Oct 2018– | [1] |
| Ato Shiferaw Shigute | [8] | ||
| Minister of Urban Development and Construction (Ethiopia) | Ato Jantirar Abay (Urb. Dev., Housing) | Oct 2018– | [8][1] |
| Aisha Mohammed Mussa (Construction) | [8] | ||
| Minister of Mines and Petroleum (Ethiopia) | Samuel Urkato | Oct 2018– | [1] |
| Ato Melese Alemu | [8] | ||
| Takele Uma | |||
| Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity (Ethiopia) | Sileshi Bekele | Oct 2018–present | [8][1] |
| Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (Ethiopia) | Ergoge Tesfaye | ||
| Minister of Women, Children and Youth (Ethiopia) | Yalem Tsegaye (Women, Children) | Oct 2018–March 2020 | [8][1][5] |
| Ato Ristu Yirdaw (Youth, Sport) | [8] | ||
| Filsan Abdullahi | Mar 2020–present | [5] | |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | Fozia Amin | [8] | |
| Hirut Kassaw | Oct 2018–present | [1] | |
| Minister of Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority | Adanech Abebe | Oct 2018–Mar 2020 | [2][5] |
| Omer Hussien | [8] | ||
| La'qe Ayalew (also: Lake Ayalew) | Mar 2020–present | [6] | |
| Commissioner of National Planning Commission (Ethiopia) | Yinager Dese | [8] | |
| Fitsum Assefa | Oct 2018–present | [1] |
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