The Ministry of Defense is a cabinet-level office in charge of defense-related matters of Ethiopia. The current minister is Aisha Mohammed since 2024.
Sahle-Work Zewde is an Ethiopian diplomat who served as the fifth president of Ethiopia from October 2018 to October 2024,the first woman to hold the office. She was elected as president unanimously by members of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly on 25 October 2018.
The Council of Ministers is the cabinet of the Government of Ethiopia. Under the Constitution of Ethiopia,the Council of Ministers is the country's executive body.
Abiy Ahmed Ali is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018 and the leader of the Prosperity Party since 2019. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation,and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea". Abiy served as the third chairman of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) that governed Ethiopia for 28 years and the first person of Oromo descent to hold that position. Abiy is a member of the Ethiopian parliament,and was a member of the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP),one of the then four coalition parties of the EPRDF,until its rule ceased in 2019 and he formed his own party,the Prosperity Party.
The Chief of General Staff is the professional head of the Ethiopian National Defense Force. The chief is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Ethiopian military. The current Chief of General Staff is Field marshal general Birhanu Jula who was appointed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on 4 November 2020 succeeding General Adem Mohammed.
Billene Seyoum Woldeyes is an Ethiopian politician,poet and author who is serving as the Foreign Press Secretary for the Office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 5 November 2018. Billene speaks as the prime minister's foreign spokesperson in English.
Ahmed Shide is an Ethiopian-Somali politician who is serving as the Minister of Finance since October 2018. He was the Minister of Communication Affairs from April until Abiy Ahmed cabinet dissolved the ministry in October 2018.
Adanech Abebe is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the thirty-second mayor of Addis Ababa since 2021. 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.
Kenea Yadeta is an Ethiopian politician and who has served as the Minister of Defense from 2020 to 2021.
Fano is an ethno-nationalist Amhara militia and former protest movement. It has engaged in violent clashes throughout Ethiopia in the name of neutralizing perceived threats to the Amhara people. Fano has absorbed many units and personnel of the Amhara Regional Special Forces that did not integrate into the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). Fano militias have been involved in armed conflicts with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF),the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA),and the ENDF. They have also clashed with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on the border of Ethiopia and Sudan.
The Council of Ministers of Abiy Ahmed is the cabinet of the government of Ethiopia during the premiership of Abiy Ahmed since early 2018.
Fetlework Gebregziabher,is an Ethiopian politician from the Tigray Region and senior member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Fetlework was the Ethiopian Minister of Trade and Industry from October 2018 to January 2020.
Filsan Abdullahi Ahmed,also called Filsan Abdi,is an Ethiopian activist and politician from the Somali Region. She is a founder of the Nabad project,a satellite television station for promoting communication and peace in Somali Region and between the Somali and Oromo communities.
Abraham Belay is an Ethiopian politician serving as the Minister of Water,Irrigation and Electricity since 2024. Belay served as the Minister of Defense from 2021. An ethnic Tigrayan,he previously served as the Minister of Innovation and Technology,and as president of the Tigray Region Prosperity Party.
Abiy Ahmed is currently the third serving Prime Minister of Ethiopia. In 2018,he became the first ever Oromo descent to assume the role of prime minister in the history of Ethiopia. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in his second year as a prime minister of Ethiopia in 2019 becoming the eighth African laureates to win the award for peace.
The Ministry of Water,Irrigation and Electricity is an Ethiopian government department responsible for management of water resources,water supply and sanitation,irrigation and energy. It was established in 2010.
Nassise Chali is an Ethiopian politician,diplomat and lecturer who has served as the Minister of Tourism from 6 October 2021 until 3 July 2024. She was Ambassador of Ethiopia to Canada from 2018.
Getahun Mekuria is an Ethiopian politician and engineer who has served as several positions in the government cabinet such as the Minister of Science and Technology from 2016 to 2018 and its merger,the Minister of Innovation and Technology from 2018 to 2020,and the Minister of Education from 2020 to 2021.
Jantirar Abay is an Ethiopian politician who is the deputy mayor of Addis Ababa since 2020. He was the Minister of Urban Development and Housing from 2018 to 2019. On 26 April 2019,he was appointed as advisor to the Prime Minister on Infrastructure &Urban Development. On 18 April 2019,Jantirar was replaced by Aisha Mohammed as minister of Urban Development and Construction.
