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
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 predecessor4 = Hailemariam Desalegn
Succeeded by	Dessie Dalke office5 = Ambassador plenipotentiary of Ethiopia to the Republic of Korea
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2019 term_end5 = October 2021 office6 = Regional Capacity Building Coordination Bureau head (SNNPRS) term_start6 = December 2002 term_end6 = March 2006 office7 = Regional Auditor General (SNNPRS) term_start7 = November 2001 term_end7 = December 2002 office8 = Executive Director of Education and Training Authority ETA term_start8 = October 2022 term_ ends8 = incumbent office9 = Member of Parliament term_start9 = September 2015 term_end9 = September 2021 Office10 = Member and chair of the standing committee of the House of Federation term_stat10 = 2006 term_end10 = September 2015 office11 = Chairman Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movementand Executive Committee member of the EPRDF term_start11 = February 2018 term_end11. = June 2018 office12. = Deputy of SEPDM and Executive Committee member of the EPRDF term_start12. = September 2002 term_end12. = February 2018 birth_date = September 4, 1969 (age 55)
Personal details
Born	Sidama Aroressa/Qiniqamo/
Alma mater	Azusa Pacific 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. 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.