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Mamo Mihretu

Ethiopian lawyer and economic policy official who was Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia from January 2023 to September 2025.

FormerLatest source dated 2025-09-19Last reviewed 2026-10-26

What roles did Mamo Mihretu hold, and when?

Roles in date order

  1. Member and Secretary, Macroeconomic Council, Government of Ethiopia Date uncertain

    Secretary of the body steering national economic policy, for about four and a half years.[1]

  2. Board member, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Date uncertain

    Board member for four years; chaired the bank's transformation programme.[1]

  3. Founding Chief Executive Officer, Ethiopian Investment Holdings Former

    First CEO of the state strategic investment holding company.[1, 2]

  4. 2010 to 2018
    Senior Project Manager / Senior Private Sector Specialist, World Bank Group (Kenya) Former

    Worked on finance and competitiveness projects.[1, 2]

  5. 2018 to 2021
    Senior Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister and Chief Trade Negotiator, Office of the Prime Minister, Ethiopia Former

    Policy adviser to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopia's lead negotiator on WTO accession.[1, 2]

  6. 2023-01 to 2025-09
    Governor, National Bank of Ethiopia Former

    Head of Ethiopia's central bank (10th governor); resigned in early September 2025.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Sources

  1. Birritu Magazine No. 137 (profile of Governor Mamo Esmelealem Mihretu)National Bank of Ethiopia, 2023-09, primary source
  2. Mamo Mihretu named Ethiopia's central bank governorKhusoko, 2023-01-23, secondary source
  3. Eyob Tekalign appointed as 11th governor of Ethiopia's central bankShega, 2025-09-19, secondary source
  4. PM Appoints Eyob Tekalign NBE GovernorThe Reporter (Ethiopia), 2025-09-19, secondary source

Change history

  • 2026-10-26 Record published.

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