Aster Mamo | |
Office: | Ambassador of Ethiopia to Canada |
Primeminister: | Hailemariam Desalegn Abiy Ahmed |
President: | Mulatu Teshome Sahle-Work Zewde |
Term Start: | 17 January 2018 |
Predecessor: | Birtukan Ayano Dadi |
Office2: | Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia |
Primeminister2: | Hailemariam Desalegn |
Alongside2: | Demeke Mekonnen and Debretsion Gebremichael |
Term Start2: | 8 April 2014 |
Term End2: | 6 November 2016 |
Predecessor2: | Hailemariam Desalegn |
Office3: | Minister for the Civil Service |
Term Start3: | 8 April 2014 |
Term End3: | 6 November 2016 |
Predecessor3: | Muktar Kedir |
Party: | Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization |
Aster Mamo is an Ethiopian diplomat who is the ambassador of Ethiopia to Canada since January 2018.
Before, she served as the chief government whip of the Ethiopian government from 2014–2015[1] and as a member of the Central Committee of the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO) until 2016.[2] She has also served as Ethiopia's Youth and Sports Minister from 2005–2014.[3]
On 8 April 2014 she was appointed 2nd Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Civil Service, succeeding Muktar Kedir in that role.[4] In October 2016, both her posts as 2nd Deputy Prime Minister and minister for Civil Service were abolished and she left her positions after having resigned as Central Committee member of the OPDO.[5] [6]
She is currently ambassador to Canada since 17 January 2018.[7]