Cape Town — On April 5, 2023, Getachew Reda, the newly appointed president of Tigray’s interim administration, announced a 27‑member cabinet to guide the region’s political transition. Reda had been named head of the interim administration by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed two weeks earlier.
The cabinet includes two military commanders—General Tsadkan Gebretensae and Lieutenant‑General Tadesse Werede—who will also serve as the region’s vice presidents. Both led Tigrayan forces during the two‑year war against the Ethiopian national army and its allied Eritrean troops. General Gebretensae will head the cabinet secretariat (cluster) for decentralisation and democratization, while Lieutenant‑General Tadesse will lead the secretariat for peace and security.
Although the cabinet is dominated by members of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), it also includes two representatives from the opposition party National Congress of Great Tigray (Baytona), according to the East African reports. The interim administration was created under the peace agreement signed in Pretoria, South Africa, in November 2022 between the Ethiopian federal government and the TPLF.
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