Adanech Abebe

Adanech Abebe (Oromo: Adaanach Abbabee) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the thirty-second Mayor of Addis Ababa. She has been serving as a Deputy Mayor from 18 August 2020 until 28 September 2021. She previously was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and Customs Authority of the government of Ethiopia from October 2018[1][2] to March 2020, when she assumed the role of the Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia.[3][4][5][6] She also is the first woman to hold the mayorship since it was created in 1910.

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by hers given name, Adanech, and not as Abebe.
Adanech Abebe
Adaanach Abbabee
32nd Mayor of Addis Ababa
Mayor
Assumed office
28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)
PresidentSahle-Work Zewde
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Deputy Mayor of Addis Ababa
In office
18 August 2020 (2020-08-18) – 28 September 2021
PresidentSahle-Work Zewde
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Preceded byTakele Uma Banti
Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia
In office
12 March 2020 (2020-03-12) – 18 August 2020 (2020-08-18)
Preceded byBirhanu Tsegay
Succeeded byGedion Timothewos
Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and Customs Authority
In office
October 2018 – March 2020

See also

References
  1. "News update: PM Abiy Ahmed's downsized cabinet sees 50 per cent women ministers assume key positions". Addis Standard. 2018-10-16. Archived from the original on 2021-01-02. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  2. ኢዛ. "ወ/ሮ አዳነች አቤቤ የኢ/ር ታከለ ኡማን ሥልጣን ተረከቡ". Ethiopia Zare. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  3. "Ethiopia's first women attorney general confirmed in the parliament". Borkena. 2020-03-12. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  4. "Adanech Abebe to Swear Oath as Attorney General". Addis Fortune. 2020-03-11. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  5. ""I will perform my duty and ask my right" | Addis Ababa University". www.aau.edu.et. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  6. "Adanech Abebie appointed as Deputy Mayor of Addis Ababa City" (PDF). Press Ethiopia. October 31, 2020.


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