18 Facts About Adanech Abebe

Adanech Abebe has been serving as a deputy mayor from 2020 until 2021.

Adanech Abebe previously was the Minister of Revenue and Customs Authority from 2018 to 2020, when she became the first female to assume the role of the Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia.

Adanech Abebe is the first woman to hold the mayorship since it was created in 1910.

Abebe's prominence in the province led to establishing Ireecha Primary School in 1977, where Adanech was received as the first female student.

Adanech Abebe independently taught herself for the sake of her father based on child marriage.

Adanech Abebe completed undergraduate studies at Law in the Ethiopian Civil Service University in 2001, and attended a graduate program in leadership from Greenwich University in the United Kingdom.

In 2001, Adanech Abebe served as attorney of the Oromia Justice Bureau.

Adanech Abebe was the first female in the position and embarked on significant changes during her administration, including the reduction of corruption within the city.

Adanech Abebe served as minister of the Revenue and Customs Authority from 2018 to 2020, reinstating corruption and bribery investigations.

In September 2021, Adanech Abebe was elected mayor of the city.

Adanech Abebe is the first woman in the mayor position of Addis Ababa since 1910.

Adanech Abebe was known for corruption fighting by undertaking significant reforms in Ethiopia, and involved in mobilizing resource to support the government against the rebel TPLF amidst the Tigray War.

In November 2021, Adanech Abebe visited injured ENDF soldiers at Armed Forces Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Bishoftu.

Adanech Abebe donated 15 million birr of medical equipment and other clothes to the military in the course of "law enforcement operation".

In October 2021, Adanech Abebe visited a cluster wheat farm in Hitosa District in Arsi along with other government officials.

Adanech Abebe expressed anti-American stance on the intervention of the war; during March 2021 pro-government rally, she supported the government by underlying "America and its associates, without understanding the ways of the TPLF forces ways and disastrous acts, they are interfering in our domestic affairs by imposing travel sanctions and prerequisites which can by no means be accepted".

Adanech Abebe told she has two children, a boy, and a girl.

Adanech Abebe thanked Teshome for being a "caring and supportive person" in the family and helping to complete her education.