Kuma Demeksa

Kuma Demeksa
Kumaa Dammaqsaa
Ambassador of Ethiopia to Germany
Assumed office
24 April 2015
Preceded byFesseha Asghedom
29th Mayor of Addis Ababa
In office
30 October 2008 – 8 July 2013
Preceded byBerhane Deressa
Succeeded byDiriba Kuma
Minister of Defence
In office
2005–2008
Preceded byAbadula Gemeda
Succeeded bySiraj Fegessa
President of the Oromia Region
In office
28 October 1995 – 24 July 2001
Preceded byHassan Ali
Succeeded byJunedin Sado
Personal details
BornTaye Teklemariam Tokon
1958 (age 67–68)
PartyOPDO
Other political
affiliations
EPRDF
Children2
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Kuma Demeksa (Oromo: Kumaa Dammaqsaa; born 1958) is an Ethiopian politician. Since 24 April 2015, he has been an Ethiopian ambassador to Germany. From 2008 to 2013 he was mayor of Addis Ababa; previous positions include President of the Oromia Region (1995–2001), and Minister of Defense (2005–2008). He was one of the founders, as well as a current member, of the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO), which is part of the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).