Arkebe Oqubay

Arkebe Oqubay (ኣርከበ ዑቕባይ; born 1957) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as Senior Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018.

Background
Arkebe is a member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front. He has been at the centre of policymaking and government leadership for over thirty years. Oqubay has been a member of the core leadership of Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the movement that spearheaded the seventeen-year popular liberation struggle. During the liberation movement, Oqubay was a member of the executive council responsible for socio-economic affairs of the liberation army and liberated areas. He is strongly backed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.