Ahmed Shide
Ahmed Shide | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Finance | |
| Assumed office 16 October 2018 | |
| President | Sahle-Work Zewde |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Abraham Tekeste |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Prosperity Party |
| Other political affiliations | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front Ethiopian Somali People's Democratic Party |
| Residence(s) | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
Ahmed Shide or Ahmed Shidde (in Somali as Axmed Shiide), is a Somali politician and the regional speaker of parliament of the nine divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia: The Somali regional state.[1] He is a member of the Somali regional parliament and a member of the ruling party Ethiopian Somali People Democratic Party (ESPDP). He is also minister of finance currently of the Ethiopian government. He assumed office on 16 October 2018. The new Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed named him as minister of office on the same day a new ministry was declared, the ministry of peace and the first female Dagmawit Moges was named minister of transportation. He replaced Abraham Tekeste as minister of finance.[2] Ahmed Shide hails from the Gurre sub-clan of the major Dir clan family.
Career and education
Before him assuming office as minister of finance, Ahmed Shide served as minister of transport and also as minister of government communication affairs of Ethiopia. Even before that he served as state minister of the ministry of finance and economic development for more than eight years, here he led the countries economic cooperation and regional development and integration agenda. He was the one who championed and spearheaded the economic reform of Ethiopia and contributed to the significant development achievements of the country recorded over the past decades. At the moment he is the one leading the economic reform, which aims at boosting private participation and better economic efficiency. He also served the government at regional state level.
He spoke live on 'The Power of Partnerships: Mobilizing Finance and Unlocking Private Sector Solutions' set up by the World Bank Group on April the 12th 2019.[3]
Education
Mr. Shide holds Masters of Arts in Participation, Development and Social Change from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, Post-Graduate Diploma in Managing Rural Resources and Resource Conflicts from the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, the Netherlands, and MBA from Greenwich University, London, United Kingdom. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Ethiopian Civil Service College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[4]
References
- ^ Lamberti, Marcello (1986). Map of Somali dialects in the Somali Democratic Republic. H. Buske. p. 15. ISBN 3871186902.
- ^ "Ethiopia's PM names Ahmed Shide as finance minister". 16 October 2018.
- ^ "The Power of Partnerships: Mobilizing Finance and Unlocking Private Sector Solutions".
- ^ "Ahmed Shide Minister of Finance, Ethiopia".