Adanech Abebe

Adanech Abebe (Amharic: አዳነች አበቤ, Oromo: Adaanach Abeebee) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the thirty-second mayor of Addis Ababa since 2021.

She previously was the Minister of Revenue and Customs Authority from 2018[1][2] to 2020, when she became the first female to assume the role of the Federal Attorney General of Ethiopia.

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

Inspired by her deeds, Abebe progressively admitted the violence against women and criticized parents who did not want to allow their female children to attend school.

Adanech 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.

[9][10] In November 2021, Adanech visited injured ENDF soldiers at Armed Forces Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Bishoftu.

Although Adanech never shared her personal life via public media, she revealed her husband Teshome Abebe on a Seifu on EBS talk show episode.

Adanech with other cabinet ministers meeting at Office of Prime Minister in 2019