Aisha Mohammed Mussa is an
Ethiopian
Ethiopians are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia, as well as the global diaspora of Ethiopia. Ethiopians constitute several component ethnic groups, many of which are closely related to ethnic groups in neighboring Eritrea and other parts of ...
engineer and politician who is currently serving as
Minister of Irrigation and Lowland Areas Development. She previously served as
Defense Minister
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from October 2018 until 18 April 2019, and Minister of Construction and Urban Development 18 April 2019 - 6 October 2021.
Early life and education
Aisha Mohammed is a
Muslim
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from the country's
Afar Region
The Afar Region (; aa, Qafar Rakaakayak; am, አፋር ክልል), formerly known as Region 2, is a regional state in northeastern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Afar people. Its capital is the planned city of Semera, which lies on the paved ...
in the north east Ethiopia.
She has a degree in Civil Engineering and a masters in Transformational Leadership and Change.
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Career
Mohammed is a civil engineer and previously served as construction minister. She also served as Minister of Tourism and Culture. She was appointed Defence Minister by Prime Minister
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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 Democratic Republic of Ethiopia since 2 April 2018. He won the 2019 ...
on 16 October 2018, one of ten women appointed to the twenty member cabinet, making Ethiopia and Rwanda
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the only African countries to have equal gender representation in their cabinets.
References
1979 births
Living people
People from Afar Region
Women government ministers of Ethiopia
Female defence ministers
Culture ministers of Ethiopia
Defence ministers of Ethiopia
Tourism ministers of Ethiopia
Urban planning ministers of Ethiopia
21st-century Ethiopian politicians
21st-century Ethiopian women politicians
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