Muferiat Kamil
Muferihat Kamil | |
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ሙፈሪሃት ካሚል | |
 Muferiat in 2019 | |
| Minister of Labour and Skills Development | |
| Assumed office 6 October 2021 | |
| President | Mulatu Teshome Sahle-Work Zewde |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Ergoge Tesfaye |
| Minister of Peace | |
| In office 16 October 2018 – 6 October 2021 | |
| President | Mulatu Teshome Sahle-Work Zewde |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Binalf Andualem |
| Speaker of the House of People's Representatives | |
| In office 19 April 2018 – 16 October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Abadula Gemeda |
| Succeeded by | Tagesse Chafo |
| Leader of the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement | |
| In office 25 June 2018 – 1 December 2019 | |
| Deputy | Million Mathewos |
| Preceded by | Shiferaw Shigute |
| Succeeded by | post abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) |
| Political party | Prosperity Party |
| Other political affiliations | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement |
Muferihat Kamil Ahmed (Amharic: ሙፈሪሃት ካሚል አሕመድ, mufärihat kamil ähmäd; born 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Minister of Labour and Skills Development. She was the Speaker of the House of People's Representatives.[1] Muferihat previously served as the first Minister of Peace from October 2018 to 6 October 2021.[2] She was the Chair of the SEPDM (Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement), one of the four parties that make up the former ruling coalition in Ethiopia, the EPRDF.
Early life
[edit]Muferihat was born in Jimma to ethnic Silt’e parents, one of southern Ethiopian peoples. She is a Sunni Muslim. She attended Haramaya University, obtaining her BSc in Agriculture in 2000.
Political career
[edit]Muferihat was appointed Public Relations Advisor to the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) President in 2007. She was named as Minister of Women's Affairs of Ethiopia in 2008. She was named as Speaker of the House of People's Representatives in April 2018, making her the first female to hold the post.[3]
In October 2018, Muferihat was appointed Minister of Peace, a powerful ministry overseeing agencies including the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), the Information Network Security Agency (INSA), and the Federal Police Commission.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ethiopia parliament elects female speaker, Muferihat Kamil". Africanews. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
- ^ a b Shaban, Abdur Rahman Alfa (2018-10-17). "Ethiopia's Minister of Peace: the country's most powerful woman?". Africanews. Archived from the original on 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- ^ Kiunguyu, Kylie (25 April 2018). "Ethiopia: Muferihat Kamil Is Ethiopia's First Female House Speaker". This is Africa (Hilversum).
- Living people
- Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement politicians
- 1976 births
- Speakers of the House of Peoples' Representatives (Ethiopia)
- Government ministers of Ethiopia
- Women government ministers of Ethiopia
- Ethiopian Muslims
- Female interior ministers
- 21st-century Ethiopian politicians
- 21st-century Ethiopian women politicians