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Mayor Of Addis Ababa
The Mayor of Addis Ababa ( am, የአዲስ አበባ ከንቲባ) is head of the executive branch of Addis Ababa's municipal government. The mayor's office is located in Addis Ababa City Hall. Adanech Abebe is the first woman mayor and 32nd mayor of Addis Ababa since 28 September 2021. The incumbent mayor Adanech Abebe was the Attorney General of Ethiopia before being elected as mayor. The mayoral office was established in 1910. Deputy mayor Being accountable to the mayor, the responsibilities of the deputy mayor include acting on behalf of the mayor in the absence or incapability of the latter, and performing other functions as assigned to him/her by the mayor. List of mayors Lord mayor (''Kantiba'') Italian governors during occupation Occupation commonly refers to: *Occupation (human activity), or job, one's role in society, often a regular activity performed for payment *Occupation (protest), political demonstration by holding public or symbolic spaces *Military occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adanech Abebe
Adanech Abebe ( om, Adaanach Abbabee) is an Ethiopian politician and attorney who is serving as the thirty-second mayor of Addis Ababa. She has been serving as a deputy mayor from 2020 until 2021. She previously was the Minister of Revenue and Customs Authority from 2018 to 2020, when she became the first female to assume the role of the Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia. She is the first woman to hold the mayorship since it was created in 1910. Early life Born in Arsi Province, Adanech has little familial disclosure. According to her Education back ground documents. But it was widely known Abebe Deso is her father. She is the only daughter of six children. Abebe's prominence in the province led to establishing Ireecha Primary School in 1977, where Adanech was received as the first female student. Adanech independently taught herself for the sake of her father based on child marriage. Inspired by her deeds, Abebe progressively admitted the violence against women and criticize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Daodice
Giuseppe Daodice (16 April 1882 – 4 December 1952) was an Italian general. He was the 6th Italian governor of Addis Ababa and 3rd Italian governor of Scioa (1940-1941). He was a knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus. Biography Giuseppe Daodice when was twelve years old went to a catholic seminary in Bergamo. But the young man did not want to pursue a career in the church and his parents enrolled him at the Nunziatella military academy. Then went to the Military Academy of Modena and became lieutenant of cavalry. He participated in the Italo-Turkish War as Official of active service in Tripoli, in the siege of Ain Zara and in Cyrenaica. He was conscript in 1915 and -by intervening in the battles of the Isonzo- he was wounded in the Seventh Battle of the Isonzo: for this serious wound he was relegated to service distant from the front for some months, but soon wanted to go back to the battle front. Daodice was then promoted to major after the Battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takele Uma Benti
Takele Uma Banti ( Oromo: ''Takala Umaa Bantii''; born 1981) is an Ethiopian politician who had served as the Minister for Mines Petroleum of Ethiopia from 18 August 2020 to 14 January 2023. He was the 31st Mayor of Addis Ababa who came to prominence for his transformational way of doing business and his visionary leadership roles after Ethiopia's reform by the current leadership of the country starting 2018. Early life and career Takele currently serves as a member of the Council of Ministers as the Minister of Mines and Petroleum for the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. He first got international attention for his previous role as the reformist 31st Mayor of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition to serving as Mayor of Addis Ababa, he has served as Mayor of Sebeta and Holeta and held many leadership roles across Trade, Transportation and Urban Land Development. He was also the City Manager for Sululta Municipal Administrations prior to achieving his for mayoral positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diriba Kuma
Diriba Kuma ( om, Dirribaa Kumaa; am, ድሪባ ኩማ) is an Ethiopian diplomat who was the 30th Mayor of Addis Ababa, who took office on 9 July 2013 until 16 July 2018. Diriba served as Minister of Transport before being elected as Mayor of Addis Ababa. After his term as mayor, he was appointed as an ambassador to foreign countries by President Mulatu Teshome. Currently, he is an ambassador to Sweden as well as other Nordic countries. References Living people Mayors of Addis Ababa Year of birth missing (living people) Government ministers of Ethiopia 21st-century Ethiopian politicians {{Ethiopia-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuma Demeksa
Kuma Demeksa ( om, Kumaa Dammaqsaa; born 1958) is an Ethiopian politician. Since 24 April 2015, he has been an Ethiopian ambassador to Germany. From 2008 to 2013 he was mayor of Addis Ababa; previous positions include President of the Oromia Region (1995–2001), and Minister of Defense (2005–2008). He was one of the founders, as well as a current member, of the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO), which is part of the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). Early life Kuma was born in Gore with the name "Taye Teklemariam", a town in the Illubabor Zone, the oldest of three children. His father is Wodajo Tokon, a priest, who took the name Teklemariam after baptism; his mother is Muluye. He attended the Menelik II Primary School in Bore, despite a daily walk of 12 kilometers to and from school; he attended Haileselassie I Senior Secondary School up to the tenth grade, when the Red Terror closed his school. He then joined th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhane Deressa
Berhane Deressa was Mayor of Addis Ababa from 9 May 2006 to 30 October 2008. References Living people 21st-century Ethiopian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Mayors of Addis Ababa Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ethiopia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkebe Oqubay
Arkebe Oqubay ( ti, ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ; born 1957) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. He is a Tigrayan descent. Background Arkebe is a member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front. He has been at the centre of policymaking and government leadership for over thirty years. Oqubay has been a member of the core leadership of Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the movement that spearheaded the seventeen-year popular liberation struggle. During the liberation movement, Oqubay was a member of the executive council responsible for socio-economic affairs of the liberation army and liberated areas. He is strongly backed by Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Abiy Ahmed Ali ( om, Abiyi Ahmed Alii; am, አብይ አሕመድ ዐሊ; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who has been the 4th prime minister of the Federal Democra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zewde Gebrehiwot In 1969
Zewde or Zewdie is a male given name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: * Alem Zewde Tessema (died 1974), Ethiopian military figure *Sahle-Work Zewde, United Nations official *Terefe Maregu Zewdie (born 1982), Ethiopian long-distance runner *Hailu Zewde (born 1974), Ethiopian male middle-distance runner at the 1992 Summer Olympics *Zewdie Hailemariam Zewde Hailemariam (in some sources ''Zewdie, Haile Mariam''; born 22 September 1962) is a former Ethiopian middle distance runner who specialised in 800 meters, and 400 meters hurdles events. She won four medals in three different African Champio ... (born 1962 or 1972), Ethiopian female middle-distance runner at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{given name Ethiopian given names Amharic-language names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zewde Gebre-Sellassie
''Dejazmatch'' Zewde Gebre-Sellassie (12 October 1926 – 15 December 2008) was a prominent nobleman, historian, and former deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia. He was born in the village of Galdu, in the subdistrict of Mecca, to the north-west of Addis Ababa where his father was relegated. Early life Zewde's father was ''Dejazmatch'' Gebre Selassie Baria Gabr (governor of Adwa) and his mother was ''Leult'' Wolete Israel Seyoum. His sister was ''Leult'' Ijigayehou Asfa Wossen, his grandfather was ''Ras'' Seyum Mengesha, and his wife was ''Woizero'' Alem Tsehai Araya. He received his rudimentary education in Addis Ababa under a tutor, and went to school in Jerusalem and Cairo respectively where his mother stayed during the Fascist occupation of Ethiopia. After the liberation, he enrolled at the Haile Selassie I secondary school in Addis Ababa and subsequently joined the University of Exeter, England, where he studied English literature. This was followed by legal training at St. An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesfin Sileshi
''Ras'' Mesfin Sileshi ( Amharic: መስፍን ስለሺ; 5 July 1905 – 23 November 1974) was an Ethiopian Major General and politician. Biography He was born in 1905, in Lafto kebele in Webera province in Hararghe. His father was ''Dejazmach'' Sileshi Woldesemayat and his mother was '' Woyzero'' Askale Garedew. His brother was ''Dejazmach'' Bezabeh Sileshi. At the outbreak of the Italian invasion in 1935, he was a major in the Ethiopian Army. During the occupation, he joined the resistance and became one of its leaders in Shewa. After liberation, he was appointed Governor-General of Illubabor from 1942 to 1946 and then of Kaffa from 1946 to 1955. During his tenure in Kaffa he encouraged aristocrats and the merchants to adopt modern coffee planting methods, and he had a special interest in coffee planting himself. He was briefly Mayor of Addis Ababa in 1947. In 1955 he joined the cabinet as Minister of Interior, serving until 1957, when he was appointed Vice-Governor-G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
