# Council of Ministers of Abiy Ahmed

The Council of Ministers of Abiy Ahmed is the cabinet of the government of Ethiopia during the premiership of Abiy Ahmed since early 2018.

## Cabinet reshuffles and resignations
### Pre-election

The Abiy cabinet of October 2018 was gender-balanced, with half the ministers being women, including several in senior security ministries, with Aisha Mohammed Mussa as Minister of Defense and Muferiat Kamil in the newly created Ministry of Peace, which was allocated responsibility for several security services. The number of ministers was reduced from 28 to 20. The other eight women ministers were Adanech Abebe, Dagmawit Moges, Ergoge Tesfaye, Fetlework Gebregziabher, Fitsum Assefa, Hirut Kassaw, Hirut Woldemariam and Yalem Tsegaye Asfaw.
In April 2019, Gedu Andargachew became Foreign Minister.
A January 2020 reshuffle replaced Fetlework Gebregziabher, a Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) member, by Melaku Alebel as Minister of Trade and Industry, and shifted Getahun Mekuria from Innovation and Technology to Education.
A March 2020 reshuffle included shifting Adanech Abebe from a Minister to Ethiopia's first woman Attorney-General. The reshuffle included two new women ministers, promoting Lia Tadesse from State Minister for Health to Minister for Health, and Filsan Abdullahi became the Minister of Women, Children, and Youth. Some members of parliament viewed the reshuffle as reducing the representativity of Tigrayans, while member of parliament Tesfaye Daba stated that Lia Tadesse was partially of Tigrayan origin. Lake Ayalew became Minister of Revenue.
In November 2020, Demeke Mekonnen replaced Gedu Andargachew as Foreign Minister.
Filsan Abdi resigned from her ministership in September 2021 in relation to governmental obstruction of the publishing of a full report on sexual violence in the Tigray War.

### Post-2021 election

Following the 2021 Ethiopian general election, in which the Prosperity Party won an overwhelming majority of seats, a major reshuffle of the Cabinet took place in October 2021. Three opponents to the Prosperity Party were appointed as ministers. Berhanu Nega of Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice became Minister of Education; Belete Molla of National Movement of Amhara (NaMA) became Minister of Innovation and Technology; and Kejella Merdassa, a former member of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) became Minister of Culture and Sports. Control of twenty intelligence, security, financial and other institutions was given directly to the prime minister.
On 8 February 2024, Demeke was replaced by Temesgen Tiruneh as Foreign Minister.

## Members

The Abiy cabinet has included:
Cabinet :
| Office | Name | Dates |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Demeke Mekonnen | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Workneh Gebeyehu | Oct 2018– 8 Mar 2019 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Gedu Andargachew | Apr 2019– Nov 2020 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Demeke Mekonnen | Nov 2020–present |
| Minister of National Defense |
| Minister of National Defense | Motuma Mekassa | Jun 2020 |
| Minister of National Defense | Aisha Mohammed Mussa | Oct 2018–18 Apr 2019 |
| Minister of National Defense | Lemma Megersa | 18 Apr 2019–18 Aug 2020 |
| Minister of National Defense | Kenea Yadeta | 18 Aug 2020–6 Oct 2021 |
| Minister of National Defense | Abraham Belay Berhe | 6 Oct 2021–present |
| Minister of Public Service and Human Resource Development | Tagesse Chafo | |
| Minister of Public Service and Human Resource Development | Fekadu Tesema | 6 Oct 2021–present |
| Attorney General | Berhanu Tsegaye | Oct 2018–Mar 2020 |
| Attorney General | Adanech Abebe | Mar 2020–present |
| Attorney General | Gedion Timotheos | |
| Minister of Health | Amir Aman | Oct 2018–Mar 2020 |
| Minister of Health | Lia Tadesse | Mar 2020–present |
| Ministry of Innovation and Technology | Getahun Mekuria | Oct 2018–Jan 2020 |
| Ministry of Innovation and Technology | Oubah Mohammed (Comm. Inf. Tech.) | |
| Ministry of Innovation and Technology | Abraham Belay | Feb 2020–Oct 2021 |
| Ministry of Innovation and Technology | Belete Molla | Oct 2021–present |
| Minister of Finance and Economic Development | Ahmed Shide | Oct 2018–present |
| Minister of Finance and Economic Development | Abrham Tekeste | |
| Minister of Government Communication Affairs Office | Ahmed Shide | |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | Siraj Fergessa | |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | Dagmawit Moges (Transp.) | Oct 2018–Jan 2023 |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | | Jan 2023–present |
| Minister of Education | Tilaye Gete | Oct 2018–Jan 2020 |
| Minister of Education | Getahun Mekuria | Feb 2020–Oct 2021 |
| Minister of Education | Berhanu Nega | Oct 2021–present |
| Minister of Science and Higher Education | Hirut Woldemariam | Oct 2018–Aug 2020 |
| Minister of Science and Higher Education | Samuel Urkato | Aug 2020–Oct 2021 |
| Minister of Science and Higher Education | (merged into MoE) | |
| Minister of Peace | Muferiat Kamil | Oct 2018–Oct 2021 |
| Minister of Peace | Benalf Andualem | Oct 2021–present |
| Minister of Trade and Industry | Ambachew Mekonnen (Industry) | 2018 |
| Minister of Trade and Industry | Fetlework Gebregziabher | Oct 2018–Jan 2020 |
| Minister of Trade and Industry | Melaku Alebel (Trade) | Jan 2020–present |
| Minister of Agriculture |
| Minister of Agriculture | Shiferaw Shigute | June 2020 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Omer Hussein | Oct 2018–Jan 2023 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Girma Amente | Jan 2023–present |
| Minister of Urban Development and Construction | Jantirar Abay (Urb. Dev., Housing) | October 2018 – 18 April 2019 |
| Minister of Urban Development and Construction | Aisha Mohammed (Construction) | 18 April 2019 – 6 October 2021 |
| Minister of Urban Development and Construction | Chaltu Sani (Urban and Infrastructure) | 6 October 2021 – present |
| Minister of Mines and Petroleum | Samuel Urkato | Oct 2018– |
| Minister of Mines and Petroleum | Melese Alemu | |
| Minister of Mines and Petroleum | Takele Uma Banti | –Jan 2023 |
| Minister of Mines and Petroleum | Habtamu Tegene | Jan 2023–present |
| Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity | Seleshi Bekele | Oct 2018–Oct 2021 |
| Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity | Habtamu Iteffa Geleta | Oct 2021–present |
| Minister of Labor and Social Affairs | Ergoge Tesfaye | –Oct 2021 |
| Minister of Women, Children and Youth | Yalem Tsegaye (Women, Children) | Oct 2018–March 2020 |
| Minister of Women, Children and Youth | Ristu Yirdaw (Youth, Sport) | |
| Minister of Women, Children and Youth | Filsan Abdullahi | Mar 2020–Sep 2021 |
| Minister of Women, Children and Youth | Ergoge Tesfaye (Women & Social Affairs) | Oct 2021–present |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | Fozia Amin | |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | Hirut Kassaw | Oct 2018–Oct 2021 |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | Kajela Merdassa | Oct 2021–July 2024 |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | Nassise Chali (Tourism) | Oct 2021–present |
| Minister of Culture and Tourism | Shewit Shanka (Culture & Sports) | July 2024-present |
| Minister of Revenues and Customs Authority | Adanech Abebe | Oct 2018–Mar 2020 |
| Minister of Revenues and Customs Authority | Omer Hussien | |
| Minister of Revenues and Customs Authority | Lake Ayalew Aynalem Nigussie | Mar 2020–present |
| Commissioner of National Planning Commission | Yinager Dese | |
| Commissioner of National Planning Commission | Fitsum Assefa | Oct 2018–present |