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.
Arkebe Oqubay | |
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ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ | |
Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia | |
Assumed office 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
28th Mayor of Addis Ababa | |
In office 2003–2005 | |
President | Girma Wolde-Giorgis |
Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi |
Preceded by | Ali Abdo |
Succeeded by | Berhane Deressa |
Personal details | |
Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Adwa, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire |
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]