The Eritrean Cabinet of Ministers is headed by the President of Eritrea,
Isaias Afwerki
Isaias Afwerki ( ti, ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ, ; born 2 February 1946) is an Eritrean politician and partisan who has been the president of Eritrea since shortly after he led the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) to victory in ...
.
Legal basis
In principle, the
National Assembly of Eritrea
The National Assembly ( ti, ሃገራዊ ባይቶ, translit=Hagerawi Baito) of the State of Eritrea has 150 members, 75 members appointed (consisting mostly of representatives elected by the general population, of whom at least 11 must be wom ...
approves all candidates for the Cabinet.
, the National Assembly was considered to be effectively inexistent by the
.
Cabinet Ministers of Eritrea
*
Minister of Agriculture
An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister f ...
—
Arefaine Berhe (2007
)
*
Minister of Defense
A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...
— Sebhat Ephrem (2007
); General
Filipos Woldeyohannes
Filipos Woldeyohannes is an Eritrean general who has served as Chief of Staff of the Eritrean Defence Forces since March 2014. He was appointed after his predecessor died in early March 2014.
Military career
Woldeyohannes served as a commander ...
(2014)
*
Minister of Education —
Semere Russom
Semere Russom (born July 27, 1943) began his professional life as a teacher. He traveled to the United States as a student at the University of Oklahoma, but terminated his studies in 1976 to serve in the Eritrean People's Liberation Front.
After ...
(2007
)
*
Minister of Energy & Mines — Ahmed Hajj Ali (2007
); General
Sebhat Ephrem
Sebhat Ephrem (Tigrinya: ስብሓት ኤፍረም; born 1951 in Bardae, Eritrea) is the Minister of Energy and Mines for Eritrea, a former Minister of Defence and former Eritrean People's Liberation Front commander during the Eritrean War of In ...
*
Minister of Finance
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
— Berhane Abrehe (2007
);
Berhane Habtemariam
Berhane Habtemariam (Tigrinya: በርሃነ ሀብተማርአም) is Eritrean politician. He has been Minister of Finance of Eritrea since 2014. He was the first Auditor-General of Eritrea. He was trained as an accountant
An accountant is a ...
*
Minister of Fisheries & Marine Resources —
Tewolde Kelati
*
Minister of Foreign Affairs
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
—
Osman Saleh Mohammed
Osman Saleh Mohammed was the first Minister of Education for Eritrea following Independence, serving in that position from 1993 to 2007. He has oversaw the transition from the revolutionary EPLF school system to a national education system.
In ...
(2007
)
*
Minister of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services.
Some governments have separate ministers for mental health.
Coun ...
—
Amina Nurhusein (2007
)
*
Minister of Information
An information minister (also called minister of information) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with information matters; it is often linked with censorship and propaganda. Sometimes the position is given to ...
— Ali Abdu (2007
);
Yemane Gebremeskel (2021
)
*
Minister of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...
—
Fozia Hashim (2007
)
*
Minister of Labor & Human Welfare —
Kahsay Gebrehiwet
*
Minister of Land, Water, & Environment —
Tesfai Gebreselassie
*
Minister of Local Government —
Weldenkiel Abraha
*
Minister of National Development —
Giorgis Tesfamichael
*
Minister of Public Works
This list indicates government departments in various countries dedicated to public works or infrastructure.
See also
* Public works
* Ministry or Board of Public Works, the imperial Chinese ministry overseeing public projects from the Tang ...
—
Abraha Asfaha (2007
)
*
Minister of Tourism The Minister of Tourism is the head of the governmental department that specializes in tourism, recreation and/or culture.
The position exists in many different countries under several names:
*Ministry of Tourism and Environment (Albania)
* Minist ...
—
Askalu Menkerios
*
Minister of Trade & Industry —
Nesredin M.S.A. Bekit
*
Minister of Transport & Communications —
Tesfaselasie Berhane
References
Politics of Eritrea
Government of Eritrea
{{Eritrea-gov-stub