Ethiopian parliament approves PM Abiy’s new cabinet
Al Jazeera
PM replaces defence and peace ministers, retains finance minister at beginning of his first full five-year term.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed the former head of war-hit Tigray’s interim administration as defence minister, one of several shake-ups in his new government’s 22-member cabinet.
Abiy, who was sworn in for his first full five-year term on Monday after his party won a landslide victory in a June election, also tapped a new head for the peace ministry,
The cabinet was approved on Wednesday by a majority vote in the lower house of parliament, with two votes against and 12 abstentions.
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