Council of Ministers (Ethiopia)

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.

Council of Ministers
Overview
Established	1995
Leader	Prime Minister
Appointed by	Federal Parliamentary Assembly^[1]
Annual budget	16.59% (2022/2023)^[2]
Headquarters	506 Mozambique St, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Website	pmo.gov.et/council/

History

Hailemariam cabinets

• Council of Ministers of Hailemariam Desalegn (2012–2018)

Abiy cabinets

• Council of Ministers of Abiy Ahmed (2018–present)

Current cabinet

As of 6 October 2021^[3] and/or the dates of the sources listed in the entries below, the cabinet is listed below.^[4][5] The history of the Abiy Ahmed cabinets is at Council of Ministers of Abiy Ahmed.

Cabinet

Office (Constituting instrument)	Incumbent
Prime Minister of Ethiopia	Abiy Ahmed
Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia	Demeke Mekonnen
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Demeke Mekonnen^[6]
Minister of Defense	Abraham Belay
Minister of Finance	Ahmed Shide
Minister of Justice	Gedion Timotheos
Minister of Peace	Binalf Andualem
Minister of Education	Berhanu Nega
Minister of Health	Lia Tadesse
Ministry of Innovation and Technology	Belete Molla
Ministry of Transport and Logistics	Alemu Sime
Minister of Industry	Melaku Alebel^[7]
Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration	Gebremeskel Chala
Minister of Revenues	La'qe Ayalew
Minister of Planning and Development	Fitsum Assefa
Minister of Water and Energy	Habtamu Itefa
Minister of Mines and Petroleum	Habtamu Tegegn
Minister of Tourism	Nassise Chali
Minister of Agriculture	Girma Amente
Minister of Irrigation and Lowland Areas Development	Aisha Mohammed Mussa
Minister of Urbanization and Infrastructure	Chaltu Sani
Ministry of Labour and Skills Development	Muferiat Kamil
Ministry of Women and Social Affairs	Ergoge Tesfaye
Minister of Culture and Sport	Kajela Merdassa

Cabinet-level officials

The Prime Minister may appoint additional positions to be members of the Cabinet;

Cabinet-level officials

Office (Constituting instrument)	Incumbent
National Security Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia	Gedu Andargachew
Director General of The National Intelligence and Security Service	Temesgen Tiruneh
Chief Negotiator & Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia	Seleshi Bekele
Prime Minister Office Chief of Staff and Head of Cabinet Affairs	Teferi Fikre
Prime Minister Office Head of Political Affairs Office	Adem Farah
Prime Minister Office Chief Coordinator of Political Affairs	Abraham Alehegn
FDRE Government Communication Service	Legesse Tulu
Government Representative in the House of People's Representatives	Tesfaye Beljige

References

1. "Ethiopia's parliament approves new cabinet members". www.news.cn. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
2. "Ethiopia's Council of Ministers approves budget for 2022/2023 fiscal year-Xinhua". english.news.cn. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
3. "PM Abiy forms new gov't; adds 20 institutions including NISS, INSA, investment & financial security accountable to his office". Addis Standard. 6 October 2021. Wikidata Q117572995. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023.
4. "Government Officials". ethiopia.gov.et. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
5. "Ethiopian PM announce new, half women cabinet ministers". Tesfa News. 2018-10-16. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
6. "New Foreign Minister assumes duty today". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ethiopia). 2020-11-11. Archived from the original on 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
7. Addisstandard (2020-01-22). "News: Despite objections PM Abiy removes one of the remaining two TPLF members from his cabinet". Addis Standard. Retrieved 2020-01-27.

Sources

• "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.