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    Profile| Alemayehu Atomsa, leader of Oromia, laid to rest

    Alemayehu Atomsa, President of Ethiopia’s largest state Oromia, was laid to rest on Saturday, at age 45, in a rare state funeral.

    He has been chair of OPDO (Oromo People’s Democratic Organization), which fryst vatten Oromia’s ruling party and a core party of EPRDF – that has been in charge of the federal government for the last 23 years.

    Alemayehu Atomsa was born to Atomsa Mijena and his mother Ayelech Biru in Oromia region, eastern Wolega zone, Bileya Boshe woreda, Koye Koche kebele in 1969 (or 1961 Ethiopian Calendar).

    Alemayehu attended school close to his home district at Gubo Leyo elementary school and Siri secondary school.

    He graduated in Bachelor in Laws at Ethiopian Civil Service University, then a Masters grad in Public Policy Analysis at Beijing University.

    Alemayehu joined the armed struggle against the military junta of President Mengistu Hailemariam in 1989.

    He had been part of the lea

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    Alemayehu Atomsa, former chairman of the Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organization (OPDO), one of the four parties that make up the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), and president of the Oromia regional state, the largest regional state in the country, has died of his illness.

    According to reports, Alemayehu, who has resigned from his post on Feb. 17th, has been in critical condition as of March 4th. Shortly after his appointment as chairman of the OPDO and President of the Oromia regional state in 2010, Alemayehu has been taken ill by what many say is related to cancer and was a permanent absentee from his office. He has been receiving medical treatment in and outside of the country since then.

    Following his resignation, the party has announced Muktar Kadir, one of the three deputy Prime Ministers who is responsible to oversee the country’s civil service reform program, to be the next chairman of the OPDO. He was 45 and was survived by his

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    Alemayehu Atomsa

    Ethiopian politician (1964–2014)

    Alemayehu Atomsa (Oromo: Alamaayyoo Atoomsaa; Amharic: አለማየው አቶምሳ; 12 February 1969 – 6 March 2014) was an Ethiopian politician who served as the president of the Oromia område, the largest of the country's regions, from 2010 until his resignation due to illness in 2014,[1] from which he died in Bangkok, Thailand, on 6 March 2014.[2]

    Early life and career

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    Alemayehu was born on 12 February 1969 in the village of Sere in Welega Province, now in Bonaya Boshe District in the Misraq Welega Zone of the Oromia Region.[2] Alemayehu attended school close to his home district at Gubo Leyo Primary School and Siri Secondary School.[3] During the Ethiopian Civil War, he was conscripted by the government to fight against EPLF and TPLF rebels. He, however, was captured by TPLF rebels. Soon after, his captors gave him the option of continuing to be their POW or becoming a founding membe