Who is who in the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs?

March 25, 2014

Tewodros Adhanom, Minister of Foreign Afaairs (Tigre)

by Muse Abebe

Despite the claim of TPLF that the federal system has equally protected the rights of ‘nations and nationalities’, the political and economic power is fundamentally controlled by Tigayans who use the cultural differences in the country to their divide and rule strategy.  In the past, Ghinbot 7 and Esat Television were exposing the Tigrean monopoly of almost all positions in the Ministry of Defence, security apparatus and foreign diplomatic missions. Exposing the people who are in control of real power in the country helps to increase the awareness of the public about the nature of the apartheid like regime in Ethiopia. Ghnbot 7 and Esat as well as other democratic organizations need to continue working on this important issue. One of the federal institutions that are entirely controlled by the Tigay elites is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among the top fifteen departments of the ministry, Tigreans control at least eight of them. Does it mean that there are no Ethiopians from other ethnic groups who can carry out such responsibilities? Where is the diversity that TPLF cries day and night?

1. Tewodros Adhanom, Minister of Foreign Afaairs- Tigre

2. Berhane Gebre-Christo, State Minister of Foreign Afffairs-Tigre

3. Ambassador Negash Kibret,Director General for International Organizations-Tigre

4. Ambassador Grum Abay,Director General For European Affairs- Tigre

5.  Ato Mihreteab Mulugeta ,Chief of Protocol-Tigre

6. Ato Zewdu Gebreweld,Head of the ICT Center- Tigre

7. Gebremichale Gebre Tsadik ,Director General for Plan and Budge-Tigre

8. Dr. Desta Woldeyohannes, Head of the Office of Women’s Affairs-Tigre