Muferiat Kamil

Muferihat Kamil (Amharic: ሙፈሪሃት ካሚል, mufärihat kamil; born 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who was the Speaker of the House of People's Representatives.[1] Muferihat was appointed Minister of Peace in October 2018.[2] She is the Chair of the SEPDM (Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement), one of the four parties that make up the former ruling coalition in Ethiopia, the EPRDF.

Muferihat Kamil Ahmed
ሙፈሪሃት ካሚል አህመድ
Minister of Peace
Assumed office
16 October 2018
Preceded byPost established
Speaker of the House of People's Representatives
In office
19 April 2018 – 16 October 2018
Preceded byAbadula Gemeda
Succeeded byTagesse Chafo
Leader of the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement
In office
25 June 2018 – 1 December 2019
DeputyMillion Mathios Korsisa
Preceded byShiferaw Shigute
Succeeded bypost abolished
Personal details
Born1976 (age 44–45)
Political partyProsperity Party
Other political
affiliations		Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement

Early life

Muferihat was born in Jimma to ethnic Silt’e parents, one of southern ethiopian peoples. She is a Sunni Muslim. She attended Haramaya University, obtaining her BSc in Agriculture in 2000.

Political career

Muferihat was appointed Public Relations Advisor to the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) President in 2007. She was named as Minister of Women's Affairs of Ethiopia in 2008. She was named as Speaker of the House of People's Representatives in April 2018, making her the first female to hold the post.[3]

In October 2018, Muferihat was appointed Minister of Peace, a powerful ministry overseeing agencies including the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), the Information Network Security Agency (INSA), and the Federal Police Commission.[2]

References
  1. "Ethiopia parliament elects female speaker, Muferihat Kamil". Africanews. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. Shaban, Abdur Rahman Alfa (2018-10-17). "Ethiopia's Minister of Peace: the country's most powerful woman?". Africanews. Archived from the original on 2020-12-23. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
  3. Kiunguyu, Kylie (25 April 2018). "Ethiopia: Muferihat Kamil Is Ethiopia's First Female House Speaker". This is Africa (Hilversum).
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