Demeke Mekonnen, who was the Vice President of the ruling Prosperity Party of Ethiopia, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia and also the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, has resigned from the various positions he held for the government, as reported by the Ethiopian Government Media. .
On the other hand, the government said that Tamagen Teruneh, who was the Director General of the Ethiopian Intelligence and Security Agency and one of the executive members of the Prosperity Party, was elected as the deputy of the Prosperity Party, which was vacated today by Demeke Mekonnen.
The government has not yet given more details, nor has it been said yet what will be done about his position as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Government has only refrained from appointing Tamagen Teruneh as the deputy of the Prosperity Party who are from the same region as the man in charge. vacated by Demeke Mekonnen.
Demeke Mekonnen’s resignation comes at a time when the Central Council and the Executive Committee of the Prosperity Party were in a meeting in the last few days, in which various decisions were made today.
Demeke Mekonnen has been appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2012, and in 2022 he has been added to his position as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia. Education and Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
Demeke Mekonnen, who is a Muslim, is from the Amhara tribe, and for some time in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, there have been strong clashes between the FANO armed groups and the Ethiopian government forces. made it unstable and there are constant wars.
The official who resigned today caused a lot of discussion in different media in Ethiopia.
