Shiferaw Shigute

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Shiferaw Shigute (Amharic: ሸፈራው ሸጉጤ, shefärawə shegut'ē) is an Ethiopian politician who was the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Minister of Education, President of the SNNPR, and Chairman of the then SEPDM (Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement), one of the parties that made up the current ruling Prosperity Party.

Shiferaw Shigutie Wolassa
ሸፈራው ሸጉጤ
Minister of Agriculture and Livestock
In office 19 April 2018 – October 2018
Preceded by	Fekadu Beyene Eyasu Abraha Alle
Succeeded by	Umer Hussien
With Rank Of Minister Chief Coordinator of Democratic System Building Center
In office 22 October 2016 – April 2018
Preceded by	Demeke Mekonnen
Succeeded by	Fetlework Gebregziabher
Minister of Education
In office 4 July 2013 – 1 November 2016
Preceded by	Demeke Mekonnen
Succeeded by	Shiferaw Tekle-Mariam
President of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
In office 10 March 2006 – 4 July 2013
Preceded by	Hailemariam Desalegn
Succeeded by	Dessie Dalke
Ambassador plenipotentiary of Ethiopia to the Republic of Korea
In office October 2019 – October 2021
Regional Capacity Building Coordination Bureau head (SNNPRS)
In office December 2002 – March 2006
Regional Auditor General (SNNPRS)
In office November 2001 – December 2002
Executive Director of Education and Training Authority ETA
In office October 2022 – incumbent
Member of Parliament
In office September 2015 – September 2021
Member and chair of the standing committee of the House of Federation
In office 2006 – September 2015
Chairman Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement and Executive Committee member of the EPRDF
In office February 2018 – June 2018
Deputy of SEPDM and Executive Committee member of the EPRDF
In office September 2002 – February 2018
Personal details
Born	(1969-09-04) 4 September 1969 (age 56) Sidama Aroressa/Qiniqamo
Political party	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (1993–2018) Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (1993–2018)
Spouse	Aynalem Assefa Rewo ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	6
Alma mater	Cranfield University

Career

Shiferaw has served in the regional government of the SNNPR as departmental head in different sectors such as the Regional State Audit Bureau and the Capacity Building Coordination Bureau. He also served as deputy president of the region's government. Finally, before becoming the Minister of Education, he was President of the SNNPR for more than seven years.^[1] He served Minister of Education from 2013 to 2016 and served as President of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region from 2006 to 2013.

He has been serving as the Chairman of SEPDM, the ruling party in the SNNPR, until 25 June 2018 when he resigned from his role. He is the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock. As Minister of Agriculture and Livestock since April 2018 he is a powerful minister in the government of the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. His ministry, the Ministry of Agriculture & Livestock is a new large ministry in Ethiopia, which was formed from two smaller ministries, the Ministry of Agriculture & Natural Resources and the Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries in April 2018.

Education

Shiferaw Shigutie obtained a bachelor of art degree in Accounting from Civil Service College and received his master's degree in Organizational Leadership from the Azusa Pacific University in the United States. He received his PhD in political science from [[Cranfield University] in the [UK]].