The Council of Ministers of Meles Zenawi or Meles cabinet, refers to successive cabinets of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who ruled Ethiopia from 1991 until his death in 2012.
October 2005 cabinet Meles' first cabinet was formed on 11 October 2005 with the aim of tackling government weakness and to end poverty in Ethiopia. Critics stated that the new cabinet did not provide accountability to the parliament because it did not reflecting the ethnic diversity Meles' supporters. Some leading political figures who supported Meles lost their cabinet positions, with 11 ministers being replaced.
The House of Peoples' Representatives (HPR) approved the cabinet with "347 votes", 66 objections and four abstentions in parliament.
October 2010 cabinet This list reflects recent cabinet members of Meles Zenawi as of 5 October 2010. +Cabinet membersNoPostNamePartyNotes1Deputy Prime MinisterHailemariam DesalegnSEPDM/EPRDF2Minister of AgricultureTefera DeribewANDM/EPRDF3Minister of Civil ServiceJunedin SadoOPDO/EPRDF4Ministry of Communication and Information TechnologyDebretsion GebremichaelTPLF/EPRDF5Ministry of Culture and TourismAmin AbdulkadirANDP6Ministry of DefenseSiraj FegetaSEPDM/EPRDF7Ministry of EducationDemeke MekonnenANDM/EPRDF8Ministry of Federal AffairsShiferaw TekelemariamSEPDM/EPRDF9Ministry of Finance and Economic DevelopmentSufian AhmedOPDO/EPRDF10Ministry of HealthTewodros AdhanomTPLF/EPRDF11Ministry of IndustryMekonnen ManyazewalNon-partsian member12Ministry of JusticeBerhane HailuANDM/EPRDF13Ministry of Labor and Social AffairsAbdulfetah Abdulahi HassenSPDPNew14Ministry of MinesSinknesh EjiguOPDO/EPRDFNew15Ministry of Science and TechnologyDesse DalkeSEPDM/EPRDFNew16Ministry of Trade and InvestmentAbdurahman Shek MohammedSPDPNew17Ministry of TransportDiriba KumaOPDO/EPRDF18Ministry of Urban Development and ConstructionMekuria HaileSEPDM/EPRDFNew19Ministry of Water and EnergyAlemayehu TegenuOPDO/EPRDF20Ministry of Women, Youth and Children’s AffairsZenebu TadesseANDM/EPRDFNew21Ministry of Foreign AffairsHailemariam DesalegnSEPDM/EPRDF22Director General of the Ethiopian Revenues and Customs AuthorityMelaku FantaANDM/EPRDF23Government Chief WhipAster MamoOPDO/EPRDF24Government Communication Office HeadBereket SimonANDM/EPRDF
The last 3 appointees are members of the Cabinet with a ministerial portfolio. +House of Peoples' RepresentativesNoPost NamePartyNote1SpeakerAbadula GemedaOPDO/EPRDFNew2Deputy SpeakerShitaye MinaleANDM/EPRDF +House of FederationNoPostNamePartyNote1SpeakerKassa TekleberhanANDM/EPRDFNew
Other Meles ministers Berhanu Adelo was Minister for Cabinet Affairs during part of the Meles prime ministership.
See also Council of Ministers (Ethiopia)
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