Arkebe Oqubay
ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ
Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Assumed office
2018
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
28th Mayor of Addis Ababa
In office
2003–2005
PresidentGirma Wolde-Giorgis
Prime MinisterMeles Zenawi
Preceded byAli Abdo
Succeeded byBerhane Deressa
Personal details
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Adwa, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire

Arkebe Oqubay (Tigrinya: ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ; born 1957) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018.

Background

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 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.[4]

See also

References

  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".
  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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