Arkebe Oqubay

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Arkebe Oqubay
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Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Assumed office
2018
Mayor of Addis Ababa
In office
2003–2005
Preceded byAli Abdo
Succeeded byBerhane Deressa
Personal details
Born1957
Adwa, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
NationalityEthiopian

Arkebe Oqubay is a Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. 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 Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed.[4]

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  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. ^ ""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".[dead link]
  3. ^ "World Mayor: Arkebe Oqubay - Mayor of Addis Ababa 2005". www.worldmayor.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  4. ^ Arkebe Oqubay endorsements

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