Ali Abdo (Oromo: Alii Abdoo, Amharic: አሊ አብዶ) is an Ethiopian politician who served as 27th mayor of Addis Ababa[1][2][3] from 1998 to 2003. He was a member of the now-defunct Oromo Democratic Party.[4]

Ali Abdo
Alii Abdoo
27th Mayor of Addis Ababa
In office
1998  24 January 2003
PresidentNegasso Gidada
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Prime MinisterMeles Zenawi
Preceded byTefera Waluwa
Succeeded byArkebe Oqubay
Personal details
PartyOromo Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party
Addis Ababa University

Early life

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Ali Abdo was born to a Warjih family. He graduated from Addis Ababa University, and in the 1970s joined the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party.[5]

Career

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In the 1990s, he became the 26th mayor of Addis Ababa and was known for simmering tensions within the Muslim community.[6]

References

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  1. Our History. Addis Mayor.
  2. Praeg, Bertus (2006). Ethiopia and Political Renaissance in Africa. Nova Science Publishers. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-59454-869-7.
  3. Two More Parks inaugurated in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Monitor. 28 February 2021.
  4. Sagalee Haara Issues 32-40. The Group. 2000. p. 8.
  5. Verdier, Isabelle (1997). Ethiopia The Top 100 People. Indigo Publications. p. 40. ISBN 978-2-905760-12-8.
  6. Abdulwahab, Kemal (2011). "The history of Addis Abäba mosques". Annales d'Éthiopie. 26 (1): 316.