Muferiat Kamil

Muferiat Kamil
ሙፈሪያት ካሚል
Speaker of the House of People's Representatives
Assumed office
19 April 2018
Preceded by Abadula Gemeda
Leader of the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement
Assumed office
25 June 2018
Deputy Million Mathios Korsisa
Preceded by Shiferaw Shigute
Personal details
Born 1976 (age 41–42)
Political party Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Other political
affiliations		 Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement

Muferiat Kamil (Amh: ሙፈሪያት ካሚል, mufäriyat kamil) is an Ethiopian politician who is currently the Speaker of the House of People's Representatives[1] and the Chairwoman of the SEPDM (Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement), one of the four parties that make up the ruling coalition in Ethiopia, the EPRDF.

Biography

Muferiat was born in Jimma. She attended Haramaya University, obtaining her BSc. in Agriculture in 2000. Muferiat 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Ethiopia parliament elects female speaker, Muferiat Kamil". Africanews. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Kiunguyu, Kylie (25 April 2018). "Ethiopia: Muferiat Kamil Is Ethiopia's First Female House Speaker". This is Africa (Hilversum).
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