Million Mathewos Explained

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.

Political career

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]

References

  1. Web site: Admin . 2018-07-25 . Million Mathewos named president of SNNPR . 2024-11-15 . Borkena Ethiopian News . en-US.
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  3. Web site: 2021-10-09 . PM Abiy Ahmed appoints officials to various high level federal positions . 2024-11-15 . Welcome to Fana Broadcasting Corporate S.C . en-US.