Adanech Abebe | |
|---|---|
አዳነች አበቤ | |
 Adanech in 2019 | |
| 32nd Mayor of Addis Ababa | |
| Assumed office 28 September 2021 | |
| President | Sahle-Work Zewde Taye Atske Selassie |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| Deputy Mayor of Addis Ababa | |
| In office 18 August 2020 – 28 September 2021 | |
| President | Sahle-Work Zewde |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| Deputy | Jantirar Abay |
| Preceded by | Takele Uma Banti |
| Succeeded by | Jantirar Abay |
| Attorney General | |
| In office 12 March 2020 – 18 August 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Berhanu Tsegaye |
| Succeeded by | Gedion Timothewos |
| Minister of Revenue and Customs Authority | |
| In office 20 October 2018 – 12 March 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Beker Shale |
| Succeeded by | Aynalem Negussie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arsi Province, Ethiopia |
| Political party | Prosperity Party |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | |
Adanech Abebe (Amharic: አዳነች አበቤ, Oromo: Adaanach Abeebee) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the thirty-second mayor of Addis Ababa since 2021. She has been serving as a deputy mayor from 2020 until 2021. She previously was the Minister of Revenue and Customs Authority from 2018[1][2] to 2020, when she became the first female to assume the role of the Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia.[3][4][5][6] She is the first woman to hold the mayorship since it was created in 1910.[7]
- ^ "News update: PM Abiy Ahmed's downsized cabinet sees 50 per cent women ministers assume key positions". Addis Standard. 16 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ ኢዛ. "ወ/ሮ አዳነች አቤቤ የኢ/ር ታከለ ኡማን ሥልጣን ተረከቡ". Ethiopia Zare. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Ethiopia's first women attorney general confirmed in the parliament". Borkena. 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "Adanech Abebe to Swear Oath as Attorney General". Addis Fortune. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ ""I will perform my duty and ask my right" | Addis Ababa University". www.aau.edu.et. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Adanech Abebie appointed as Deputy Mayor of Addis Ababa City" (PDF). Press Ethiopia. 31 October 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2021.
- ^ "MADAM MAYOR!". Fortune (Addis). Retrieved 26 May 2022.