Junedin Sado (or Juneidi Sad) is a former

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n Cabinet Minister. He was educated at

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(Geology), the

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(Environmental Sciences), the

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and

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. Junedin was President of the

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from 28 October 2001 until 6 October 2005 when he was replaced by

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. He subsequently was appointed Transport and Communication Minister, which is the office he was holding when Prime Minister

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moved him to the Science and Technology Ministry October 2008. Following the 2010 general election, Junedin was appointed Minister of Civil Service. In July 2012 his wife, Habiba Mohammed, was arrested with 29 others. Habiba was charged with funnelling money from the Embassy of Saudi Arabia to Islamist terror groups in Ethiopia. In her defense, Junedin claimed that he had approached the Saudi Arabian Embassy privately for money to build a mosque and fulfil the wishes of his late mother. Junedin was subsequently fired from his position on the executive committee of the

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in September, and was released from his position as Minister of Civil Service 29 November. Ethiochannel, a pro-government private newspaper based in Addis Ababa, reported in February 2013 that Junedin Sado fled to Kenya. However, another report stated that he returned to Ethiopia in July and was killed by government agents in

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. More recently, Junadin is alleged to have entered the United States and accepted asylum.http://www.oromowiki.com/wiki/OMN_News_-_Oduu_:_March_4th,_2014 (Accessed March 5, 2014) His recent appearance on ESAT TV has verified he is alive and well.

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