The Minister of Communications Affairs, Ethiopia, Dr. Negeri Lencho meeting the Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, in New Delhi.

Negeri Lencho is an Oromo-Ethiopian academic and politician who has served as Minister of Communications in the cabinet of Hailemariam Dessalegn since 2016, succeeding Getachew Reda.[1]

Lencho completed a master's degree from the English and Foreign Languages University in 2004. He later received his PhD from Andhra University in India in 2011, and went on to teach at Addis Ababa University, serving as Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Language Studies.[2] He previously wrote articles critical of the government's dominance of the domestic media.

References

  1. ^ Akwei, Ismail (1 November 2016). "Ethiopia reshuffles government, two Oromos occupy key positions". africanews.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Negeri Lencho: Faculty of Language Studies". Addis Ababa University. Retrieved 1 November 2016.


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