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Ali Abdo (politician)

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Ali Abdo
27th Mayor of Addis Ababa
In office
1998 – 24 January 2003
PresidentNegasso Gidada
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Prime MinisterMeles Zenawi
Preceded byTefera Waluwa
Succeeded byArkebe Oqubay
Personal details
Political partyOromo Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party
Alma materAddis Ababa University

Ali Abdo is an Ethiopian politician who served as 27th mayor of Addis Ababa.[1][2][3] He was a member of the now defunct Oromo Democratic Party.[4]

Early life

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Ali Abdo was born to a Warjih family. He graduated from Addis Ababa University, and in the 1970s joined the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party.[5]

Career

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In the 1990s, he became the 26th mayor of Addis Ababa and is known for simmering tensions within the Muslim community.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Our History. Addis Mayor.
  2. ^ Praeg, Bertus (2006). Ethiopia and Political Renaissance in Africa. Nova Science Publishers. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-59454-869-7.
  3. ^ Two More Parks inaugurated in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Monitor. 28 February 2021.
  4. ^ Sagalee Haara Issues 32-40. The Group. 2000. p. 8.
  5. ^ Verdier, Isabelle (1997). Ethiopia The Top 100 People. Indigo Publications. p. 40. ISBN 978-2-905760-12-8.
  6. ^ Abdulwahab, Kemal (2011). "The history of Addis Abäba mosques". Annales d'Éthiopie. 26 (1): 316.