Arkebe Oqubay Explained

Arkebe Oqubay
Native Name:ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ
Native Name Lang:ti
Office1:Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Term Start1:2018
Primeminister1:Abiy Ahmed
Office2:28th Mayor of Addis Ababa
Term Start2:2003
Term End2:2005
Predecessor2:Ali Abdo
Successor2:Berhane Deressa
President2:Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Primeminister2:Meles Zenawi
Nationality:Ethiopian
Birth Place:Adwa, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire

Arkebe Oqubay (Tigrinya: ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ; born 1957) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018.

Background

Arkebe is a member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front.[1] He has been at the centre of policymaking and government leadership for over thirty years.[2] Oqubay has been a member of the core leadership of Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the movement that spearheaded the seventeen-year popular liberation struggle. During the liberation movement, Oqubay was a member of the executive council responsible for socio-economic affairs of the liberation army and liberated areas.[3] He is strongly backed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Madote, July 2018: [TPLF divided into two irreconcilable camps: reformists vs. old guards http://www.madote.com/2018/07/tplf-divided-into-two-irreconcilable.html]
  2. Web site: "Ethiopia's Strategy for Industrialisation: Dr Arkebe Oqubay Is a Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Board Chair of the Ethiopian Railway Corporation, Vice-Chair of the Ethiopian Airlines Board and Former Mayor" by Moore, Darren - African Business, Issue 426, January 2016.
  3. Web site: World Mayor: Arkebe Oqubay - Mayor of Addis Ababa 2005. www.worldmayor.com. 2016-05-26.
  4. https://www.arkebeoqubay.com/endorsements/ Arkebe Oqubay endorsements