Days on, the ministry’s mandate has all but become clearer and handed to a history maker, Muferiat Kamil. Kamil, Ethiopia’s first woman speaker of parliament was named first Peace Minister in an equally historic cabinet. Muferiat Kamil leads the Southern Ethiopia Peoples Democratic Movement (SEPDM) one of the constituent bodies of the ruling Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). Brief about Minister Muferiat KamilIn 2008, Muferiat Kamil, became Minister of Women’s Affairs at the age of 32, at the time, the youngest appointee of the late Meles Zenawi. Abiy’s 10 women appointees and their portfolios1 – Muferiat Kamil -Minister of Peace2 – Aisha Mohammed – Minister of Defense3 – Adanech Abebe – Minister of Revenue4 – Fetlework Gebregziabher – Minister of Trade and Industry5 – Dagmawit Mogess – Minister of Transport6 – Hirut Woldemariam – Minister of Science and Higher education7 – Yalem Tsegaye Assfaw -Minister of Women’s’, Children’s’ and Youth8 – Ergoge Tesfaye -Minister of Labour and Social Affairs9 – Hirut Kassaw -Minister of Culture and Tourism10 – Fitsum Assefa – Minister of Planning and Development Commission

Source: Ethiopian News October 16, 2018 14:26 UTC