Shimelis Abdisa

He headed the Office of the Prime Minister from 2018 and has been Oromia's regional president since 2019, re-appointed in 2021. He is named among the possible contenders for Prime Minister of Ethiopia in the 2026 election.

Career

Wikipedia gives Addis Ababa University as his education and lists him as chief of staff to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed from November 2018. The Reporter wrote in April 2019 that he had headed the Office of the Prime Minister, succeeding Fitsum Arega, who was named ambassador to the United States. On 18 April 2019 the Oromia regional council approved him as deputy president of the region, a vacancy created when Lemma Megerssa became Defence Minister. Fana Broadcasting reported in September 2021 that the new Oromia regional council re-appointed him regional president.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia · The Reporter Ethiopia · Fana Media Corporation

Photo: Office of the Prime Minister - Ethiopia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)