Office1: | Minister of Irrigation and Lowland Areas Development |
Termstart1: | 20 May 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Aisha Mohammed |
Office3: | Chief Executive Officer of the Transitional Government of Tigray Disputed with Debretsion Gebremichael from 6 May 2021 until 3 March 2022 |
Appointer3: | Abiy Ahmed |
Termstart3: | 6 May 2021 |
Termend3: | 23 March 2023 |
Predecessor3: | Mulu Nega |
Successor3: | Getachew Reda |
Office4: | President of the Tigray Prosperity Party |
Termstart4: | Before 5 May 2021 |
Office2: | Minister of Defense |
Appointer2: | Abiy Ahmed |
Termstart2: | 6 October 2021 |
Termend2: | 20 May 2024 |
Predecessor2: | Kenea Yadeta |
Office5: | Minister of Innovation and Technology |
Termstart5: | 22 January 2020[1] |
Termend5: | 6 October 2021 |
Predecessor5: | Getahun Mekuria |
Successor5: | Belete Molla |
Primeminister5: | Abiy Ahmed |
Education: | Addis Ababa University |
Residence: | Ethiopia |
Party: | Prosperity Party[2] |
Otherparty: | Tigray People's Liberation Front[3] |
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Native Name Lang: | am |
Abraham Belay (Amharic: አብራሃም በላይ) is an Ethiopian politician serving as the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity since 2024.[4] Belay served as the Minister of Defense from 2021. Abraham Belay is from the Tigrayan ethnic group.[5] He previously served as the Minister of Innovation and Technology,[6] and as president of the Tigray Region Prosperity Party.[7]
He serves as a board member of the Ethiopian Roads Authority and the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. Previously, he also served as board chairman of the Ethiopian Communication Authority, Ethiopian Electric Power, the Metals and Engineering Corporation, the Ethiopian News Agency, and Ambo University.