Muferiat Kamil
{{short description|Ethiopian politician (born 1976)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Muferihat Kamil
| native_name = {{nobold|ሙፈሪሃት ካሚል}}
| native_name_lang = am
| image = Muferiat Kamil.jpg
| caption = Muferiat in 2019
| image_size = 180px
| office = Minister of Labour and Skills Development
| term_start = 6 October 2021
| term_end =
| predecessor = Ergoge Tesfaye
| president = Sahle-Work Zewde
Taye Atske Selassie
| primeminister = Abiy Ahmed
| office1 = Minister of Peace
| term_start1 = 16 October 2018
| term_end1 = 6 October 2021
| predecessor1 = Post established
| successor1 = Binalf Andualem
| president1 = Mulatu Teshome
Sahle-Work Zewde
| primeminister1 = Abiy Ahmed
| office2 = Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives
| term_start2 = 19 April 2018
| term_end2 = 16 October 2018
| predecessor2 = Abadula Gemeda
| successor2 = Tagesse Chafo
| office3 = Leader of the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement
| deputy3 = Million Mathewos
| term_start3 = 25 June 2018
| term_end3 = 1 December 2019
| predecessor3 = Shiferaw Shigute
| successor3 = post abolished
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}
| party = Prosperity Party
| otherparty = Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement
| signature =
}}
Muferihat Kamil Ahmed (Amharic: ሙፈሪሃት ካሚል አሕመድ, mufärihat kamil ähmäd; born 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Minister of Labour and Skills Development. She was the Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives.{{cite news |title=Ethiopia parliament elects female speaker, Muferihat Kamil |url=http://www.africanews.com/2018/04/19/ethiopia-parliament-elects-female-speaker-muferiat-kamil// |access-date=7 June 2018 |work=Africanews |date=19 April 2018}} 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 Jimma to ethnic Silt’e parents, one of southern Ethiopian peoples. She is a Sunni Muslim. She attended Haramaya University, 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.{{cite web |last1=Kiunguyu |first1=Kylie |title=Ethiopia: Muferihat Kamil Is Ethiopia's First Female House Speaker |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201804250557.html |website=This is Africa (Hilversum) |date=25 April 2018}}
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.
References
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{{cite news | last1= Shaban | first1= Abdur Rahman Alfa | title= Ethiopia's Minister of Peace: the country's most powerful woman? | date= 2018-10-17 |newspaper= Africanews | url= https://www.africanews.com/2018/10/17/muferiat-kamil-ethiopia-s-historic-speaker-now-first-peace-minister/ |access-date=2020-12-24 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20201224002915/https://www.africanews.com/2018/10/17/muferiat-kamil-ethiopia-s-historic-speaker-now-first-peace-minister/ |archive-date= 2020-12-24 |url-status=live }}
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Category:Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement politicians
Category:Speakers of the House of Peoples' Representatives (Ethiopia)
Category:Government ministers of Ethiopia
Category:Women government ministers of Ethiopia
Category:Female interior ministers