Filsan Abdi

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by her given name, Filsan, and not as Abdullahi Ahmed.
Filsan Abdi
Ethiopian Minister of Women,
Children and Youth
In office
12 March 2020 – 27 September 2021[1]
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Preceded byYalem Tsegaye
Succeeded byErgoge Tesfaye
Personal details
Born1992 (age 31–32)
Dire Dawa, Oromia,[a] Transitional Government of Ethiopia
Occupation
  • Peace activist

Filsan Abdullahi Ahmed (Somali: Filsan Cabdullaahi Axmed;[3] Amharic: ፊልሳን አብዱላሂ አህመድ; born 1992), also called Filsan Abdi,[b][4] is an Ethiopian activist and politician from the Somali Region. She is a founder of the Nabad project, a satellite television station for promoting communication and peace in Somali Region and between the Somali and Oromo communities.[4][5]

Filsan was appointed the federal Ethiopian Minister of Women, Children and Youth on 12 March 2020,[6] becoming the youngest person in the Abiy Ahmed cabinet[7] and the first Somali Ethiopian to be appointed to a federal government position.[8] She resigned from the cabinet in September 2021. In December 2021, she stated to The Washington Post that she had resigned in relation to Abiy's handling of the Tigray War.[9]

  1. ^ Filsan A Ahmed [@1_filsan] (27 September 2021). "I have submitted my resignation as Minister of Women, Children and Youth" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 31 July 2023 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Asnake Kefale (2014). "Ethnic decentralization and the challenges of inclusive governance in multiethnic cities: The case of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia". Regional & Federal Studies. 24 (5): 589–605. doi:10.1080/13597566.2014.971772. S2CID 154137709.
  3. ^ "Filsan Cabdullaahi Axmed oo iska casishay Golaha Wasiirada Abiy Ahmed" [Filsan Abdullahi Ahmed resigned from the Cabinet of Abiy Ahmed]. Voice of America (in Somali). AFP. 27 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "The Interview: The Nabad Project: In pursuit of healing bitter divisions". Addis Standard. 11 February 2019. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Goodwill Ambassador Filsan Abdullahi speaks – Youths are the leaders of today". Ethiopian Herald. Ethiopian Press Agency. 6 March 2020. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021.
  6. ^ "House Approves Appointment of 4 Ministers". Ethiopian News Agency. 2020-03-12. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  7. ^ "H.E Ms. Filsan Abdullahi hosted H.E Mr. Ousmane Dione and his team of Experts in her office". Ministry of Women, Children and Youth (Ethiopia). 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. ^ Filsan Abdi (2 November 2022). "I resigned over war crimes against women and girls in Ethiopia. I want justice". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.
  9. ^ Bearak, Max (30 December 2021). "She was in Abiy Ahmed's cabinet as war broke out. Now she wants to set the record straight". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022.


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