Muktar Kedir
{{Short description|Ethiopian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Muktar Kedir
| office = President of Oromia Region
| native_name = Muktaar Kadiir
| native_name_lang = om
| image =
| image_size = 280px
| term_start = 18 February 2014
| term_end = 20 September 2016
| predecessor = Alemayehu Atomsa
| successor1 = Lemma Megersa
| office2 = Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia
| primeminister2 = Hailemariam Desalegn
| alongside2 = Demeke Mekonnen
and Debretsion Gebremichael
| successor2 = Aster Mamo
| term_start2 = 29 November 2012
| term_end2 = 18 February 2014
| predecessor2 = Hailemariam Desalegn
| office3 = Minister for the Civil Service
| term_start3 = 29 November 2012
| term_end3 = 18 February 2014
| primeminister3 = Meles Zenawi
Hailemariam Desalegn
| predecessor3 = Alemayehu Atomsa
| successor3 = Aster Mamo
| office4 = Head of the Office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Minister of Cabinet Affairs
| term_start4 = 6 October 2010
| term_end4 = 29 November 2012
| primeminister4 = Meles Zenawi
Hailemariam Desalegn
| predecessor4 = Alemayehu Atomsa
| successor4 = Debebe Aberra
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Mekelle, Ethiopia
| party = Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
| otherparty = Oromo People's Democratic Organization
| alma_mater = Ethiopian Civil Service College (J.D.)
}}
Muktar Kedir ({{langx|om|Mutaar Kadiir}}; {{langx|am|ሙክታር ከድር}}) is an Ethiopian politician who was President of the Oromia Region from 18 February 2014 to 20 September 2016.
Early life and education
Muktar was born in mekelle. He received a degree from the Ethiopian Civil Service College in law and studied at Azusa Pacific University, He received an honorary doctorate from Kyungwon University in South Korea in August 2014.
Career
Muktar joined the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO) in the mid-1990s, and was appointed administrator of the Jimma Zone in 1999, serving in the post until 2003. From 2008 to 2010 he served as Vice-President of the Oromia Region; muktar transformed the regions agriculture center, horticulture and expanded education into the faucet of the countries rural area under his presidency. He encouraged small business through government driven loan to micro enterprises and tried to solve the overwhelming unemployment of the youth. The region scored double digit economic development under his administration. In 2010 he was appointed Head of the Office of the Prime Minister and Minister for Cabinet Affairs.{{cite news|title=Muktar becomes new OPDO chairman|url=http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/index.php/news-headlines/item/1684-muktar-becomes-new-opdo-chairman|access-date=8 March 2014|newspaper=The Reporter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309030532/http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/index.php/news-headlines/item/1684-muktar-becomes-new-opdo-chairman|archive-date=9 March 2014|url-status=dead}}
From 2012 to 2014 he was one of the country's three deputy prime Ministers, serving with Debretsion Gebremichael and Demeke Mekonnen, considered "a loyal politician and trusted ally of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn" was appointed minister for the civil service.
Regional presidency
Muktar succeeded the ailing Alemayehu Atomsa as President of the Oromia Region on 18 February 2014.{{cite news|last=Aynie|first=Arefe|title=Muktar Kedir becomes president of Oromia region|url=http://arefe.wordpress.com/2014/03/02/muktar-kedir-becomes-president-of-oromia-region/|access-date=8 March 2014|work=arefe.wordpress.com|date=2 March 2014}}
References
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Category:Deputy prime ministers of Ethiopia
Category:Government ministers of Ethiopia
Category:21st-century Ethiopian politicians
Category:Oromo Democratic Party politicians