Council of Ministers of the Ethiopian Government

Cabinet Members

	Post	Name	Contact
1	Prime Minister	Hailemariam Desalegn
2	Deputy Prime Minister	Demeke Mekonnen
3	Minister of Agriculture	Tefera Deribew	moav@telecom.net.et
4	Minister of Civil Service	Junedin Sado (recently fired)
5	Minister of Communication and Information Technology	Debretsion Gebremichael
6	Minister of Culture and Tourism	Amin Abdulkadir
7	Minister of Defense	Siraj Fegeta
8	Minister of Education	Shiferaw Shigute
9	Minister of Federal Affairs	Dr Shiferaw Tekelemariam
10	Minister of Finance and Economic Development	Sufian Ahmed	meda2@telecom.net.et
11	Minister of Health	Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu
12	Minister of Industry	Ahmed Abitew
13	Minister of Justice	Getachew Ambaye	justice@telecom.net.et
14	Minister of Labor and Social Affairs	Abdulfetah Abdulahi Hassen
15	Minister of Mines	Sinknesh Ejigu (Female)
16	Minister of Science and Technology	Desse Dalke
17	Minister of Trade and Investment	Abdurahman Shek Mohammed
18	Minister of Transport	Diriba Kuma
19	Minister of Urban Development and Construction	Mekuria Haile
20	Minister of Water and Energy	Alemayehu Tegenu
21	Minister of Women, Youth and Children’s Affairs	Zenebu Tadesse (Female)
22	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Dr. Tewodros Adhanom	mfa.addis@telecom.net.et
23	Director General, Ethiopian Revenues and Customs Authority	Beker Shale
24	Government Chief Whip	Aster Mamo
25	Government Communication Office Head	Shimelis Kamal
26	Minister of Environment and Forestry	Belete Tafere

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