Inaugural Rehab Commissioner Resigns

Mar 23 , 2024


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The initial commissioner of the National Rehabilitation Commission, Teshome Toga, resigned effective March 12, 2024, citing personal matters. A former Ambassador and once speaker of Parliament, Teshome led the commission that was established in December 2022, to oversee the disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration process of ex-combatants from regional states including Tigray, Amhara, Afar, Oromia, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella, and Southern Nations. As Ethiopia emerged from one of the deadliest conflicts in recent history and faced the formidable challenge of demobilising and reintegrating a quarter of a million former combatants, Teshome was at the forefront of leading the DDR initiative estimated to cost 920 million dollars and over three years to implement. He was replaced by Temesgen Tilahun nine days later, who previously served as a deputy commissioner of the Ethiopian Investment Commission and state minister and foreign policy advisor at the Prime Minister's Office. The Commission gets Tesfalem Yedhadgiomn as a new logistics and administration affairs deputy commissioner. A board of five higher officials was formed to lead the commission led by Gideon Temotios, minister of justice.


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