Muferihat Kamil Ahmed (

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

: ሙፈሪሃት ካሚል አሕመድ, ''mufärihat kamil ähmäd''; born 1976) is an

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politician who is the current Minister of Labour and Skills Development. She was the Speaker of the

House of Peoples' Representatives The House of Peoples' Representatives is the lower house of the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly. Located in the capital Addis Ababa, the House has 547 members. All are elected in theory for five-year term in single-seat constituencies. ...

. Muferihat previously served as the first Minister of Peace from October 2018 to 6 October 2021. 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.

Early life

Muferihat was born in

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to ethnic Silt’e parents, one of southern Ethiopian peoples. She is a Sunni Muslim. She attended

Haramaya University Haramaya University (HU) (; Oromo: ''Univarsiitii Haramayaa'') is a public research university in Haramaya, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. It is approximately east of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Ministry of Science and Higher Education admits qualif ...

, 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 Peoples' Representatives in April 2018, making her the first female to hold the post. 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kamil, Muferihat Living people Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement politicians 1976 births Speakers of the House of Peoples' Representatives (Ethiopia) Government ministers of Ethiopia Women government ministers of Ethiopia Ethiopian Muslims Female interior ministers 21st-century Ethiopian politicians 21st-century Ethiopian women politicians