Gedion Timotheos has been appointed as the new foreign minister of Ethiopia. Abiy Ahmed, the Ethiopian Prime Minister made appoints of 3 ministers today.
Gedion Timotheos was working as the Minister of Justice. He was one of the member of the Ethiopian federal government’s team which negotiated Pretoria Peace Deal with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in November 2022. He represented the federal government in talks with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) held in Tanzania twice.
Interestingly, Hanna Arayaselassie will replace as the new Ethiopian Minister of Justice. Hanna is the wife of Gedion Timotheos. Salamawait Kassa, who was working in the Federal Communication Ministry, has been appointed as the Minister of Tourism.
Gedion Timotheos is replacing Taye Atskeselassie who was elected as the President of Ethiopia last week.
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