Abadula Gemeda

Abadula Gemeda
አባዱላ ገመዳ
National Security Advisor of Prime Minister of Ethiopia
In office
20 April 2018 – 7 June 2018
Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives
In office
10 September 2010 – 19 April 2018
Preceded byTeshome Toga
Succeeded byMuferiat Kamil
President of the Oromia Region
In office
6 October 2005 – 5 September 2010
Preceded byJunedin Sado
Succeeded byAlemayehu Atomsa
Minister of Defence
In office
16 October 2001 – 2005
Preceded byTefera Walwa
Succeeded byKuma Demeksa
Personal details
Born
Minase Woldegiyorgis

(1958-07-05) 5 July 1958 (age 66)
Arsi Province, Ethiopia (now Oromia Region, Ethiopia)
Political partyOromo People's Democratic Organization

Abadula Gemeda (Oromo: Abbaa Duulaa Gammadaa; Amharic: አባዱላ ገመዳ; born 5 July 1958) is an Ethiopian politician who was the speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives, the lower chamber of the Ethiopian Parliament, from 2010 to 2018. Previously, from 2005 to 2010, he was President of the Oromia Region.[1] He was succeeded in that position by Alemayehu Atomsa.

  1. ^ "OPDO Replaces Aba Dula Gemeda by Alemayehu Atomsa". Addis Neger. Retrieved 20 August 2013.