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Shiferaw Shigute

Shiferaw Shigutie Wolassa
ሸፈራው ሸጉጤ
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock
In office
19 April 2018 – October 2018
Preceded byFekadu Beyene
Eyasu Abraha Alle
With Rank Of Minister Chief Coordinator of Democratic System Building Center
In office
22 October 2016 – April 2018
Preceded byDemeke Mekonnen
Succeeded byFetlework Gebregziabher
Minister of Education
In office
4 July 2013 – 1 November 2016
Preceded byDemeke Mekonnen
Succeeded byShiferaw Tekle-Mariam
President of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
In office
10 March 2006 – 4 July 2013 predecessor4 = Hailemariam Desalegn
Succeeded byDessie Dalke office5 = Ambassador plenipotentiary of Ethiopia to the Republic of Korea
Assumed office
October 2019
 term_end5           = October 2021
 office6            = Regional Capacity Building Coordination Bureau head (SNNPRS)
 term_start6        = December 2002
 term_end6          = March 2006
 office7            = Regional Auditor General (SNNPRS) 
 term_start7        = November 2001
 term_end7          = December 2002
 office8            = Executive Director of Education and Training Authority ETA
 term_start8        =  October 2022
 term_ ends8        = incumbent 
 office9            = Member of Parliament 
 term_start9        = September 2015
 term_end9          = September 2021
 Office10           = Member and chair of the standing committee of the House of Federation
 term_stat10        = 2006
 term_end10         = September 2015 
 office11           = Chairman Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movementand Executive Committee member of the EPRDF  
 term_start11       = February 2018
 term_end11.        = June 2018
 office12.          = Deputy of SEPDM and Executive Committee member of the EPRDF 
 term_start12.      = September 2002
 term_end12.        = February 2018
birth_date = September 4, 1969 (age 55)
Personal details
BornSidama Aroressa/Qiniqamo/
Alma materAzusa Pacific University

Shiferaw Shigute (Amharic: ሸፈራው ሸጉጤ, shefärawə shegut'ē) is an Ethiopian politician who was the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Minister of Education, President of the SNNPR, and Chairman of the then SEPDM (Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement), one of the parties that made up the current ruling Prosperity Party.

Career

Shiferaw has served in the regional government of the SNNPR as departmental head in different sectors such as the Regional State Audit Bureau and the Capacity Building Coordination Bureau. He also served as deputy president of the region's government. Finally, before becoming the Minister of Education, he was President of the SNNPR for more than seven years.[1] He served Minister of Education from 2013 to 2016 and served as President of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region from 2006 to 2013.

He has been serving as the Chairman of SEPDM, the ruling party in the SNNPR, until 25 June 2018 when he resigned from his role. He is the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock. As Minister of Agriculture and Livestock since April 2018 he is a powerful minister in the government of the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. His ministry, the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock is a new large ministry in Ethiopia, which was formed from two smaller ministries, the Ministry of Agriculture & Natural Resources and the Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries in April 2018.

Education

Shiferaw Shigutie obtained a bachelor of art degree in Accounting from Civil Service College and received his master's degree in Organizational Leadership from the Azusa Pacific University in the United States.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Biographical Data for the Minister of Education His Excellency Ato Shiferaw Shigutie". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.

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