Aisha Mohammed Mussa
Profile
Aisha Mohammed Mussa is an Ethiopian engineer and politician currently serving as the Minister of Defense, a position she assumed in May 2024. A civil engineer by profession, she has held several high-level government roles, including Minister of Tourism and Culture, Minister of Construction and Urban Development, and Minister of Irrigation and Lowland Areas Development. Notably, she became the first female defense minister in Ethiopia's history in 2018, contributing to the country's efforts toward gender parity in its cabinet.
Details
- Born
- Ethiopia
- Birth place
- Berhale, Ethiopia
- Education
- Civil Engineering degree, Masters in Transformational Leadership and Change
- Career
- Civil engineer
