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Abiy Ahmed
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Ein country of citizenshipEthiopia Edit
Name in native languageአብይ አህመድ አሊ Edit
Birth nameAbiy Ahmed Ali Edit
Family nameAhmed Edit
Ein date of birth15 August 1976 Edit
Place dem born amBeshasha Edit
Ein poppieAli Edit
SpouseZinash Tayachew Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signOromo, Amharic, Tigrinya Edit
Ein occupationpolitician, military personnel Edit
Position eholdPrime Minister of Ethiopia, Member of the House of People's Representatives of Ethiopia Edit
Educate forAddis Ababa University Edit
Work period (start)1991 Edit
Affiliation stringOffice of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Edit
Political party ein memberProsperity Party Edit
Religion anaa worldviewProtestantism, Pentecost Edit
Participant insydWorld Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2019 Edit
Military or police ranklieutenant colonel Edit
Member ofThe Family International Edit
Award e receiveNobel Peace Prize, Time 100, Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud, Order of Zayed Edit
Dema official websitehttps://pmo.gov.et/pm/ Edit

Abiy Ahmed Ali (Oromo: Abiyi Ahmed Alii; Amharic: ዐብይ አሕመድ ዐሊ; born 15 August 1976) be an Ethiopian politician wey be de current Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018 den de leader of de Prosperity Party since 2019.[1][2] Na he rise thru de ranks of government via de Information Network Security Agency (INSA), wich na dem establish insyd 2006.[3] Na dem award am de 2019 Nobel Peace Prize "for ein efforts to achieve peace den international cooperation, den in particular for ein decisive initiative make he resolve de border conflict plus neighbouring Eritrea".[4] Na Abiy serve as de third chairmo of de Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) wey govern Ethiopia for 28 years den de first person of Oromo descent make he hold dat position.[5][6] Abiy be a member of de Ethiopian parliament, wey na he be a member of de Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), one of de then four coalition parties of de EPRDF, til na ein rule cease insyd 2019 wey he form ein own party, de Prosperity Party.[7][8]

Insyd June 2020, Abiy den de National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) postpone parliamentary elections secof de COVID-19 pandemic. Na dem criticise de postponement, especially from de opposition,[9][10] wey na e raise questions about de delay ein constitutional legitimacy.[11] Na dem eventually hold an election insyd 2021. Na de African Union describe de election as an improvement dem compare to de 2015 election den positive overall, wey dey urge de government make e continue de commitment to democracy.[12]

Dey follow rising ethnic den political tensions insyd 2020, na de Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) attack de Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Northern Command, wey start de 2-year Tigray War between de combined forces of de ENDF den de Eritrean army against forces loyal to de TPLF den de Oromo Liberation Army.[13] After de Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement end de Tigray War, Abiy begin an effort insyd 2023 make he consolidate all remaining regional militias into de ENDF. Na Fano rebuff requests make dem disarm den integrate into federal forces, instead na dem attack de ENDF wey begin de War insyd Amhara.

Since 2019, na Ethiopia undergo democratic backsliding under Abiy ein premiership,[14][15] wey be marked by severe human rights violations, media censorship, internet shutdown, civil conflicts den systematic persecution of thousands of ethnic Amharas, den ethnic violence insyd southern regions of Ethiopia, such as Amaro Koore, Konso den Gedeo Zones.[16][17] Na politically motivated purges sanso cam be common wey na dem arrest chaw journalists den activists, by police for alleged breach of "constitutional laws".[18][19] As of June 2022, na dem arrest 18 journalists on allegation of "inciting violence" while dem dey report give independent media outlets anaa YouTube channels.[20] Dem sanso dey believe Abiy lead den organize Koree Nageenyaa, a secret service wey purportedly dey commit unlawful detentions den extrajudicial killings insyd de Oromia Region plus de aim of suppressing uprisings.[21][22][23]

References

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  1. ↑ "Prime Minister". The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia's Office of the Prime Minister. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019. H.E. Abiy Ahmed Ali (PhD) is the fourth Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  2. ↑ "Dr Abiy Ahmed sworn in as Prime Minister of Ethiopia". Fana Broadcasting. 1 April 2018. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Gardner, Tom (2024-06-20). The Abiy Project: God, Power and War in the New Ethiopia (in English). Oxford University Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-1-911723-10-3.
  4. ↑ Busby, Mattha; Belam, Martin (11 October 2019). "Nobel peace prize: Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 award – as it happened". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Abiy Ahmed prime minister of Ethiopia", Encyclopedia Britannica, archived from the original on 10 November 2019, retrieved 10 February 2021
  6. ↑ "EPRDF elects Abiy Ahmed chair". The Reporter. 27 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ethiopia's ODP picks new chairman in bid to produce next Prime Minister". Africa News. 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 9 December 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  8. ↑ Abiy Ahmed: Ethiopia's prime minister, BBC News, 28 March 2018, archived from the original on 11 October 2019, retrieved 11 October 2019
  9. ↑ Schwikowski, Martina (16 June 2020). "Crisis looms in Ethiopia as elections are postponed". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  10. ↑ Endeshaw, Dawit (21 June 2019). "Ethiopia opposition see dangers if 2020 vote delayed". Reuters. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Ethiopia is entering constitutional limbo". The Economist. 16 May 2020. ISSN 0013-0613. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Preliminary Statement: African Union Election Observation Mission to the 21 June 2021 General Elections in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia". African Union. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  13. ↑ "Rise and fall of Ethiopia's TPLF – from rebels to rulers and back". The Guardian. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed: Peacemaker or Authoritarian?". www.democratic-erosion.com. 26 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  15. ↑ Teshome, Moges Zewdu (15 June 2023). "Charming Abiy Ahmed, a very modern dictator". Ethiopia Insight (in American English). Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "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."
  17. ↑ "Statement on the Ongoing Violence Against the Amhara People". Lemkin Institute. 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 (in British English). Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  19. ↑ "More than 4,000 arrested in Amhara as Ethiopia cracks down on militia". The Guardian (in British English). 30 May 2022. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  20. ↑ Tzabiras, Marianna (14 June 2022). "Mass arrest of journalists in Ethiopia". IFEX (in American English). 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ↑ "Koree Nageenyaa - secret gov't body -behind executions in Oromia : report". Borkena Ethiopian News (in American English). 23 February 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  23. ↑ "The "Koree Nageenyaa's" Brutality Echoes Gestapo Tactics: members of Ethiopia's State Terror group must be held accountable". Oromia Global Forum (OGF) (in American English). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
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