Aster Mamo is an Ethiopian diplomat who is the ambassador of Ethiopia to Canada since January 2018. Before, she served as the

chief government whip The Chief Whip is a political leader whose task is to enforce the whipping system, which aims to ensure that legislators who are members of a political party attend and vote on legislation as the party leadership prescribes. United Kingdom ...

of the Ethiopian Government from 2014–2015 and as a member of the Central Committee of the

Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization The Oromo Democratic Party ( om, Paartii Demokraatawaa Oromoo, ODP) was a political party in Ethiopia, and part of the alliance with the Amhara National Democratic Movement, the South Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Front and the Tigrayan Peoples ...

(OPDO) until 2016. She has also served as Ethiopia's Youth and Sports Minister from 2005–2014. On 8 April 2014 she was appointed 2nd Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Civil Service, succeeding

Muktar Kedir Muktar Kedir ( om, Mutaar Kadiir; am, ሙክታር ከድር) is an Ethiopian politician who was President of the Oromia Region, the country's largest region, from 18 February 2014 to 20 September 2016. Early life and education Muktar was born ...

in that role. In October 2016, both her posts as 2nd Deputy Prime Minister and minister for Civil Service were abolished and she left her positions after having resigned as Central Committee member of the OPDO. She is currently ambassador to Canada since January 2018.

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