Million Mathewos | |
Native Name: | ሚሊዮን ማቲዎስ |
Native Name Lang: | am |
Office1: | State Minister of Mines, Petroleum Development and Control |
Term Start1: | 9 October 2021 |
Appointed1: | Abiy Ahmed |
President1: | Sahle-Work Zewde Taye Atske Selassie |
Primeminister1: | Abiy Ahmed |
Office2: | State Minister of Education |
Term Start2: | 9 November 2019 |
Term End2: | 6 October 2021 |
President2: | Sahle-Work Zewde |
Primeminister2: | Abiy Ahmed |
Office3: | President of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region |
Term Start3: | 24 July 2018 |
Term End3: | 31 August 2019 |
Predecessor3: | Dessie Dalke |
Successor3: | Erstu Yirdaw |
President3: | Mulatu Teshome Sahle-Work Zewde |
Primeminister3: | Abiy Ahmed |
Party: | Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (until 2019) |
Otherparty: | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
Million Mathewos (Amharic: ሚሊዮን ማቲዎስ) is an Ethiopian politician who has been the State Minister of Mines, Petroleum Development and Control since 2021. Previously, he had served with state Minister of Education from 2019 to 2021.
A member of the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (SEPDM), Million was the president of Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR) from 2018 to 2019.
On 24 July 2018, Million Methewos has been elected by 7th regular congress as the president of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR), replacing Dessie Dalke.[1] In October 2018, the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (SEPDM) elected 65 members of the central committee and alongside Muferiat Kamil, Million was the elected CC members.
On 9 November 2019, Million was the State Minister of Education.[2] On 9 October 2021, Million was elected by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as State Minister of Mines, Petroleum Development and Control.[3]