Arkebe Oqubay (Tigrinya: ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ; born 1957) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018.

Arkebe is a member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front.

[1] He has been at the centre of policymaking and government leadership for over thirty years.

[2] Oqubay has been a member of the core leadership of Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the movement that spearheaded the seventeen-year popular liberation struggle.

[3] He is strongly backed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.