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Arkebe Oqubay

Arkebe Oqubay

Ethiopian politician (born 1957)

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Arkebe, and not as Oqubay.

Arkebe Oqubay (Tigrinya: ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ; born 1957) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018.

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Background

Arkebe is a member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front.[1] He has been at the centre of policymaking and government leadership for over thirty years.[2] Oqubay has been a member of the core leadership of Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the movement that spearheaded the seventeen-year popular liberation struggle. During the liberation movement, Oqubay was a member of the executive council responsible for socio-economic affairs of the liberation army and liberated areas.[3] He is strongly backed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Madote, July 2018: [TPLF divided into two irreconcilable camps: reformists vs. old guards http://www.madote.com/2018/07/tplf-divided-into-two-irreconcilable.doc]
  2. [2]
    ""Ethiopia's Strategy for Industrialisation: Dr Arkebe Oqubay Is a Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Board Chair of the Ethiopian Railway Corporation, Vice-Chair of the Ethiopian Airlines Board and Former Mayor" by Moore, Darren - African Business, Issue 426, January 2016".[dead link]
  3. [3]
    "World Mayor: Arkebe Oqubay - Mayor of Addis Ababa 2005". www.worldmayor.com. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
  4. [4]
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