Aster Mamo

Aster Mamo
Aster Mamo
Ethiopian Ambassador to Canada
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 17 January 2018
Prime Minister	Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by	Birtukan Ayano Dadi
Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia
	In office; 8 April 2014 – 6 November 2016 Serving with Demeke Mekonnen; and Debretsion Gebremichael
Prime Minister	Hailemariam Desalegn
Preceded by	Hailemariam Desalegn
Minister for the Civil Service
	In office; 8 April 2014 – 6 November 2016
Preceded by	Muktar Kedir
Personal details
Political party	Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization

Aster Mamo is the ambassador of Ethiopia to Canada since January 2018.

Before, she served as the chief government whip of the Ethiopian Government from 2014-2015[1] and as a member of the Central Committee of the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO) until 2016.[2] She has also served as Ethiopia's Youth and Sports Minister from 2005–2014.[3]

On 8 April 2014 she was appointed 2nd Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Civil Service, succeeding Muktar Kedir in that role.[4] In October 2016, both her posts as 2nd Deputy Prime Minister and minister for Civil Service were abolished and she left her positions after having resigned as Central Committee member of the OPDO.[5][6]

In January 2018, she became the new ambassador to Canada.[7]

References

"Ethiopia: Junedin Saddo Faces new Sanctions". O Pride. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
"The Questionable Presence Of Aster mamo At EPRDF's Executive Committee Meeting". Awramba Times. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
Tekle, Tesfa-alem (10 February 2009). "Ethiopia's Prime Minister Discusses Youth Concerns". Sudan Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
"Aster Mamo Becomes Deputy PM, Civil Service Minister". The Reporter. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
"Deputy Prime Minister Aster Mamo and Oromia region president Muktar Kedir Resigned". 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
"PM reshuffles cabinet". Capital Ethiopia. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
"H.E. Aster Mamo presented copy of her credential at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of Canada". Embassy of Ethiopia to Canada. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

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[1] "Ethiopia: Junedin Saddo Faces new Sanctions". O Pride. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

[2] "The Questionable Presence Of Aster mamo At EPRDF's Executive Committee Meeting". Awramba Times. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

[3] Tekle, Tesfa-alem (10 February 2009). "Ethiopia's Prime Minister Discusses Youth Concerns". Sudan Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 June 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2013.

[4] "Aster Mamo Becomes Deputy PM, Civil Service Minister". The Reporter. Retrieved 15 April 2014.

[5] "Deputy Prime Minister Aster Mamo and Oromia region president Muktar Kedir Resigned". 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

[6] "PM reshuffles cabinet". Capital Ethiopia. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

[7] "H.E. Aster Mamo presented copy of her credential at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development of Canada". Embassy of Ethiopia to Canada. Retrieved 2018-04-04.