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Abiy Ahmed

"Abiy" redirects here. For the town, see Abiy Addi.
In this Ethiopian name, the name Ahmed Ali is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Abiy.
His Excellency
Abiy Ahmed
አብይ አሕመድ
Abiy in 2018
Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 April 2018
President
Deputy
Preceded byHailemariam Desalegn
1st President of the Prosperity Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 December 2019
Deputy
Preceded byParty established
3rd Chairman of the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front
In office
27 March 2018 – 1 December 2019
DeputyDemeke Mekonnen
Preceded byHailemariam Desalegn
Succeeded byParty abolished
Leader of the Oromo Democratic Party
In office
22 February 2018 – 1 December 2019
DeputyLemma Megersa
Preceded byLemma Megersa
Succeeded byPost abolished
Minister of Science and Technology
In office
6 October 2015 – 1 November 2016
Prime MinisterHailemariam Desalegn
Preceded byDemitu Hambisa
Succeeded byGetahun Mekuria
Director General of the Information Network Security Agency
Acting
In office
2008–2015
Preceded byTeklebirhan Woldearegay
Succeeded byTemesgen Tiruneh
Personal details
Born
Abiy Ahmed Ali

(1976-08-15) 15 August 1976 (age 48)
Beshasha, Kaffa Province, Ethiopia
Political partyProsperity Party
Other political
affiliations
SpouseZinash Tayachew
Children4
EducationMicrolink Information Technology College (BA)
University of Greenwich (MA)
Leadstar College of Management (MBA)
Addis Ababa University (PhD)
AwardsNobel Peace Prize (2019)
Websitepmo.gov.et/pm/
Military service
AllegianceEthiopia
Branch/serviceEthiopian Army
Years of service1991–2010
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
UnitArmy Signals Corps
CommandsInformation Network Security Agency
Battles/wars

Abiy Ahmed Ali (Oromo: Abiyi Ahmed Alii; Amharic: ዐብይ አሕመድ ዐሊ; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018 and the leader of the Prosperity Party since 2019.[1][2] He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea".[3] Abiy served as the third chairman of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) that governed Ethiopia for 28 years and the first person of Oromo descent to hold that position.[4][5] Abiy is a member of the Ethiopian parliament, and was a member of the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), one of the then four coalition parties of the EPRDF, until its rule ceased in 2019 and he formed his own party, the Prosperity Party.[6][7]

In June 2020, Abiy and the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) postponed parliamentary elections because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The postponement was criticised, especially from the opposition,[8][9] and raised questions about the delay's constitutional legitimacy.[10] An election was eventually held in 2021. The African Union described the election as an improvement compared to the 2015 election and positive overall, urging the government to continue the commitment to democracy.[11]

During 2020, ethnic and political tensions grew, and in early November, the attacks on the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Northern Command, was the start of the Tigray War between the combined forces of the ENDF and the Eritrean army against forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)—a ruling party which dominated the ruling EPRDF coalition during a nearly thirty-year period marked by rapid development alongside increasing interethnic tension[12]—as well as those loyal to significant allied groups such as the Oromo Liberation Army.

Since 2019, Ethiopia has transformed into authoritarianism under Abiy's premiership,[13][14] marked by severe human rights violations, media censorship, internet shutdown, civil conflicts and systematic persecution of thousands of ethnic Amharas, and southern Ethiopia region such as Amaro Koore, Konso and Gedeo Zones.[15][16][17] Politically motivated purges also became common and many journalists and activists were arrested, by police for alleged breach of "constitutional laws".[18][19] As of June 2022, 18 journalists were arrested in allegation of "inciting violence" while reporting for independent media outlets or YouTube channels.[20] Abiy also believed to lead and organize Koree Nageenyaa, a secret service that purportedly commits unlawful detentions and extrajudicial killings in Oromia Region with the aim of suppressing and uprising the mass.[21][22][23]

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  14. ^ Teshome, Moges Zewdu (15 June 2023). "Charming Abiy Ahmed, a very modern dictator". Ethiopia Insight. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Ethiopia: News - Amhara Opposition Party Requests PM Abiy to Appear Before Lawmakers, Parliament Session On Recent Killing in Western Oromia". AllAfrica. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2023. The opposition National Movement of Amhara (NaMA) requested Speaker of the House of People's Representatives, Tagesse Chafo, to call on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to appear before Parliament to explain why his government is "unable to stop the ongoing genocide against the people of Amhara, and why it has not been able to provide adequate support to the victims who are displaced by the recent attack in Western Oromia, at a time when PM Abiy Ahmed and his government repeatedly state that "they have built the capacity and enough security forces to ensure the security of our country and its people."
  16. ^ Gabr, Islam (7 July 2022). "Methodical slaughter of ethnic Amhara in Ethiopia continues". Daily News Egypt. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Statement on the Ongoing Violence Against the Amhara People". lemkininstitute.com. Since 2018, when the Oromo-backed Prosperity Party came into power (led by 2019 Nobel Prize laureate Abiy Ahmed Ali), the Amhara people have continued to suffer severely, and their fundamental human rights have been heavily violated. Abiy's government amnestied previously exiled OLA members. The atrocity crimes committed against the Amhara people since 2018 include mass killings and summary executions, ethnic cleansing, abduction of children, forced disappearances, measures intended to prevent births, the forcible transfer of children of the group to another group, rape and other forms of sexual violence, and looting.
  18. ^ Harding, Andrew (21 November 2021). "Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Mass arrests and ethnic profiling haunt Addis Ababa". BBC News. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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  20. ^ Tzabiras, Marianna (14 June 2022). "Mass arrest of journalists in Ethiopia". IFEX. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  21. ^ Paravicini, Giulia (23 February 2024). "In Ethiopia, a secret committee orders killings and arrests to crush rebels". Reuters. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  22. ^ Account (23 February 2024). "Koree Nageenyaa - secret gov't body -behind executions in Oromia : report". Borkena Ethiopian News. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  23. ^ OGF (8 March 2024). "The "Koree Nageenyaa's" Brutality Echoes Gestapo Tactics: members of Ethiopia's State Terror group must be held accountable". Oromia Global Forum (OGF). Retrieved 15 April 2024.

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