Arkebe Oqubay
Arkebe Oqubay | |
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ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ | |
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| Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| 28th Mayor of Addis Ababa | |
| In office 2003–2005 | |
| President | Girma Wolde-Giorgis |
| Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi |
| Preceded by | Ali Abdo |
| Succeeded by | Berhane Deressa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Adwa, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire |
Arkebe Oqubay (Tigrinya: ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ; born 1957) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018.
Background[edit]
Arkebe is a member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front.[1] He has been at the centre of policymaking and government leadership for over thirty years.[2] Oqubay has been a member of the core leadership of Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the movement that spearheaded the seventeen-year popular liberation struggle. During the liberation movement, Oqubay was a member of the executive council responsible for socio-economic affairs of the liberation army and liberated areas.[3] He is strongly backed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.[4]
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Addis Ababa, 2000s
- World Policy Conference TV, 21 November 2015
References[edit]
- ^ Madote, July 2018: [TPLF divided into two irreconcilable camps: reformists vs. old guards http://www.madote.com/2018/07/tplf-divided-into-two-irreconcilable.html]
- ^ ""Ethiopia's Strategy for Industrialisation: Dr Arkebe Oqubay Is a Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Board Chair of the Ethiopian Railway Corporation, Vice-Chair of the Ethiopian Airlines Board and Former Mayor" by Moore, Darren - African Business, Issue 426, January 2016".[dead link]
- ^ "World Mayor: Arkebe Oqubay - Mayor of Addis Ababa 2005". www.worldmayor.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
- ^ Arkebe Oqubay endorsements