Shiferaw Shigute
{{Short description|Ethiopian politician}}
{{Patronymic name|Shiferaw|Shigute|his}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shiferaw Shigutie Wolassa
| native_name = ሸፈራው ሸጉጤ
| native_name_lang = am
| image =
| image_size = 280px
| office1 = Minister of Agriculture and Livestock
| term_start1 = 19 April 2018
| term_end1 = October 2018
| predecessor1 = Fekadu Beyene
Eyasu Abraha Alle
| succeeded1 = Umer Hussien
| office2 = With Rank Of Minister Chief Coordinator of Democratic System Building Center
| term_start2 = 22 October 2016
| term_end2 = April 2018
| predecessor2 = Demeke Mekonnen
| successor2 = Fetlework Gebregziabher
| office3 = Minister of Education
| term_start3 = 4 July 2013
| term_end3 = 1 November 2016
| predecessor3 = Demeke Mekonnen
| successor3 = Shiferaw Tekle-Mariam
| office4 = President of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
| term_start4 = 10 March 2006
| term_end4 = 4 July 2013
| predecessor4 = Hailemariam Desalegn
| successor4 = Dessie Dalke
| office5 = Ambassador plenipotentiary of Ethiopia to the Republic of Korea
| term_start5 = October 2019
| term_end5 = October 2021
| office6 = Regional Capacity Building Coordination Bureau head (SNNPRS)
| term_start6 = December 2002
| term_end6 = March 2006
| office7 = Regional Auditor General (SNNPRS)
| term_start7 = November 2001
| term_end7 = December 2002
| office8 = Executive Director of Education and Training Authority ETA
| term_start8 = October 2022
| term_end8 = incumbent
| office9 = Member of Parliament
| term_start9 = September 2015
| term_end9 = September 2021
| office10 = Member and chair of the standing committee of the House of Federation
| term_start10 = 2006
| term_end10 = September 2015
| office11 = Chairman Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement and Executive Committee member of the EPRDF
| term_start11 = February 2018
| term_end11 = June 2018
| office12 = Deputy of SEPDM and Executive Committee member of the EPRDF
| term_start12 = September 2002
| term_end12 = February 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|9|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sidama Aroressa/Qiniqamo
| party = {{ubl|Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (1993–2018)|Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (1993–2018)}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Aynalem Assefa Rewo|1994}}
| children = 6
| alma_mater = Azusa Pacific University
}}
Shiferaw Shigute ({{langx|am|ሸፈራው ሸጉጤ}}, shefärawə shegut'ē) is an Ethiopian politician who was the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Minister of Education, President of the SNNPR, and Chairman of the then SEPDM (Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement), one of the parties that made up the current ruling Prosperity Party.
Career
Shiferaw has served in the regional government of the SNNPR as departmental head in different sectors such as the Regional State Audit Bureau and the Capacity Building Coordination Bureau. He also served as deputy president of the region's government. Finally, before becoming the Minister of Education, he was President of the SNNPR for more than seven years.{{cite web|title=Biographical Data for the Minister of Education His Excellency Ato Shiferaw Shigutie|url=http://www.moe.gov.et/English/Information/Pages/About%20the%20Minister.aspx|publisher=Ministry of Education|access-date=15 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416173747/http://www.moe.gov.et/English/Information/Pages/About%20the%20Minister.aspx|archive-date=16 April 2014}} He served Minister of Education from 2013 to 2016 and served as President of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region from 2006 to 2013.
He has been serving as the Chairman of SEPDM, the ruling party in the SNNPR, until 25 June 2018 when he resigned from his role. He is the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock. As Minister of Agriculture and Livestock since April 2018 he is a powerful minister in the government of the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. His ministry, the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock is a new large ministry in Ethiopia, which was formed from two smaller ministries, the Ministry of Agriculture & Natural Resources and the Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries in April 2018.
Education
Shiferaw Shigutie obtained a bachelor of art degree in Accounting from Civil Service College and received his master's degree in Organizational Leadership from the Azusa Pacific University in the United States.
References
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Category:Azusa Pacific University alumni
Category:Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front politicians
Category:Government ministers of Ethiopia
Category:Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement politicians
Category:People from Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region