Adanech Abebe

Adanech Abebe (Oromo: Adaanach Abeebee) is an Ethiopian politician and attorney who is serving as the thirty-second mayor of Addis Ababa since 2021. She has been serving as a deputy mayor from 2020 until 2021. She previously was the Minister of Revenue and Customs Authority from 2018 to 2020, when she became the first female to assume the role of the Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia. She is the first woman to hold the mayorship since it was created in 1910.

Adanech Abebe
Adaanach Abbabee
Adanech in 2019
32nd Mayor of Addis Ababa
Assumed office
28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)
PresidentSahle-Work Zewde
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Deputy Mayor of Addis Ababa
In office
18 August 2020 (2020-08-18)  28 September 2021
PresidentSahle-Work Zewde
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Preceded byTakele Uma Banti
Attorney General
In office
12 March 2020 (2020-03-12)  18 August 2020 (2020-08-18)
Preceded byBerhanu Tsegaye
Succeeded byGedion Timothewos
Minister of Revenue and Customs Authority
In office
October 2018  March 2020
Personal details
BornArsi Province, Ethiopia
Political partyProsperity Party
Children2
Alma mater
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