Muferiat Kamil

Muferihat Kamil Ahmed (Amharic: ሙፈሪሃት ካሚል አሕመድ, mufärihat kamil ähmäd; born 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Minister of Labour and Skills Development. She was the Speaker of the House of People's Representatives.^[1] Muferihat previously served as the first Minister of Peace from October 2018 to 6 October 2021.^[2] She was the Chair of the SEPDM (Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement), one of the four parties that make up the former ruling coalition in Ethiopia, the EPRDF.

Muferihat Kamil
ሙፈሪሃት ካሚል
Muferiat in 2019
Minister of Labour and Skills Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 October 2021
President	Mulatu Teshome Sahle-Work Zewde
Prime Minister	Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by	Ergoge Tesfaye
Minister of Peace
In office 16 October 2018 – 6 October 2021
President	Mulatu Teshome Sahle-Work Zewde
Prime Minister	Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by	Post established
Succeeded by	Binalf Andualem
Speaker of the House of People's Representatives
In office 19 April 2018 – 16 October 2018
Preceded by	Abadula Gemeda
Succeeded by	Tagesse Chafo
Leader of the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement
In office 25 June 2018 – 1 December 2019
Deputy	Million Mathios Korsisa
Preceded by	Shiferaw Shigute
Succeeded by	post abolished
Personal details
Born	1976 (age 47–48)
Political party	Prosperity Party
Other political affiliations	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement

Early life

Muferihat was born in Jimma to ethnic Silt’e parents, one of southern Ethiopian peoples. She is a Sunni Muslim. She attended Haramaya University, obtaining her BSc in Agriculture in 2000.

Political career

Muferihat was appointed Public Relations Advisor to the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) President in 2007. She was named as Minister of Women's Affairs of Ethiopia in 2008. She was named as Speaker of the House of People's Representatives in April 2018, making her the first female to hold the post.^[3]

In October 2018, Muferihat was appointed Minister of Peace, a powerful ministry overseeing agencies including the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), the Information Network Security Agency (INSA), and the Federal Police Commission.^[2]

References

1. "Ethiopia parliament elects female speaker, Muferihat Kamil". Africanews. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
2. Shaban, Abdur Rahman Alfa (2018-10-17). "Ethiopia's Minister of Peace: the country's most powerful woman?". Africanews. Archived from the original on 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
3. Kiunguyu, Kylie (25 April 2018). "Ethiopia: Muferihat Kamil Is Ethiopia's First Female House Speaker". This is Africa (Hilversum).