The House of Peoples' Representatives unanimously approved the
appointment of 16 ministers presented by Prime Minister Doctor Abiy
Ahmed today.
Among the 16 appointees, 10 of them are newly promoted while another six ministers were reshuffled to new positions.
Earlier, the House approved proclamation 1084/ 2018 which provided
for the formation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Resources.
Prime Minister Abiy told the House that his cabinet was selected with
a major objective of swiftly addressing the demands from the public in
an organized manner and to ensure economic and reasonable utilization of
public finance and other resources.
The reshuffle of federal government ministers is part of the reform
process to overcome the public grievance through fighting corruption and
nepotism, Prime Minister Abiy said.
He said that the newly appointed ministers are expected to
immediately start their duties in their respective ministries by
consulting with their management and operational staff.
Here is the list of ministerial appointments - approved by the parliament today:
- Shiferaw Shigutie Minister of Agriculture and Livestock resource
- Sirag Fegessa Minister of Transport
- Dr. Hirut Woldemariam- Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
- Teshome Toga - Minister of Public Enterprises
- Umer Hussien - Authority of Customs and Revenue Director-General (with the rank of minister)
- Uba Mohamed – Minister of Information and Communication Technology
- Dr. Ambachew Mekonen- Minister of industry
- Motuma Mekassa - Minister of Defense
- Fozia Amin - Minister of Culture and Tourism
- Ahmed Shide - Minister of Government Communication Affairs Office
- Jantirar Abay - Minister of Housing and Urban Development
- Melese Alemu - Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Birhanu Tsegaye - Attorney General (with the rank of minister)
14 Yalem Tsegay- Women and Children Affairs Minister
- Melaku Alebel - Minister of Trade
- Dr. Amir Aman - Minister of Health
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