Ergoge Tesfaye

Minister of Women and Social Affairs
Ministry of Women and Social Affairs
Minister

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Ergoge Tesfaye is the Minister for Women and Social Affairs since October 2021. She was the Minister for Labor and Social Affairs from October 2018-October 2021.

Ergoge has BA in Foreign Language and Literature and an MA in Gender Studies from Addis Ababa University. She has also a PhD in Social Anthropology from Andhra University, India.

Before she became the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Ergoge served as a teacher and director of the Gender and HIV Protection office in Saint Mary’s University. She was also Research and Community Service Vice President at Wachamo University. She is currently a board chair of Wollo University and board member of the Ethiopian Broadcast Corporation.

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