Ethiopia: News - Parliament to Swear in New Attorney General, Ministers of Health - Women & Children - and Revenue

Addis Abeba — The House People's Representatives (HoPR) in its 14th regular session this morning is expected to approve the appointment of Adanech Abebe as Attorney General, Dr. Liya Tadesse as Minister of Health, Filsan Abdi, as the Minister of Women, Children and Youth, as well as Laqe Ayalew as Minister of Revenue.

Adanech, formerly the minister of revenue, is replacing outgoing AG BErhanu Tsegaye who is among the 15 new ambassadors appointed by President Sahle-Work Zewde on March 03. Adanech has been the mayor of Adama City before she moved to assume a position as head of the then OPDO secretariat in April 2018. In October of the same year she was appointed as the minister of revenue, becoming one of the ten women ministers in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's downsized cabinet. She has been in that position until today.

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