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Aster Mamo
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Ambassador of Ethiopia to Canada
Assumed office
17 January 2018
President Mulatu Teshome
Sahle-Work Zewde
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn
Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by Birtukan Ayano Dadi
Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia
In office
8 April 2014 – 6 November 2016
Serving with Demeke Mekonnen
and Debretsion Gebremichael
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn
Preceded by Hailemariam Desalegn
Minister for the Civil Service
In office
8 April 2014 – 6 November 2016
Preceded by Muktar Kedir
Personal details
Political party Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization

Aster Mamo is an Ethiopian diplomat who is the ambassador of Ethiopia to Canada since January 2018.

Career

Before, she served as the chief government whip of the Ethiopian government from 2014–2015 and as a member of the Central Committee of the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO) until 2016. She has also served as Ethiopia's Youth and Sports Minister from 2005–2014.

On 8 April 2014 she was appointed 2nd Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Civil Service, succeeding Muktar Kedir in that role. In October 2016, both her posts as 2nd Deputy Prime Minister and minister for Civil Service were abolished and she left her positions after having resigned as Central Committee member of the OPDO.

She is currently ambassador to Canada since 17 January 2018.

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