Preceded by Teshome Toga Chanaka | Name Abadula Gemeda | |
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Full Name Minasse Woldegiorgis Political party Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization | ||
Abadula Gemeda, speaker of Ethiopia’s lower house, resigns
Abadula Gemeda (Ge'ez: አባዱላ ገመዳ?; born 5 July 1958) is the Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives, the lower chamber of the Ethiopian Parliament, since 2010. Previously, from 2005 to 2010, he was President of the Oromia Region. He was succeeded in that position by Alemayehu Atomsa.
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Life
Adadula Gemeda was born in Arsi Zone, Oromia Region, on 5 July 1958. Abadula has a mix of military and civilian education. His military education was obtained from the Defense University of China in Military Leadership in 1995. His civilian education was focused on public administration. His Bachelor and Master's of Arts degrees from the US were both obtained from Century University in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Abadula also obtained his master's degree from Greenwich University, UK, in 2009.
Political career
With the change in government in 1991, Abadula became the chief of operations of the National Defense Force. After five years of service, he became the chief of intelligence in 1996. He was appointed as commander of the ground force of the National Defense Force in 1998. He reached the rank of Major General. In 2000 he was appointed as Minister of National Defense. Moving to a civilian profile, Abadula became President of the Oromia Region in 2005.
Abadula is considered one of the few influential politicians within the OPDO.
