LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database

Finance Minister · Ethiopia

Sufian Ahmed

6 recorded engagements, 1997–2015: 6 visits and 2 signed agreements.

6Engagements
6Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
2Signed agreements
5Destination countries
1Multilateral summits
1997–2015Years in LEAD

Biography

homme politique éthiopien

There is no English Wikipedia article about Sufian Ahmed; the French one is shown.

Sufian Ahmad Beker (né le 5 mars 1956 à Adoua) est un homme politique éthiopien, ministre des Finances de 1995 à 2001 puis ministre des Finances et du Développement économique jusqu'en 2016.

Il a grandi près de Asela dans la province Oromia et s'est converti au christianisme en 1958 lorsqu'il fut admis à l'école missionnaire anglaise.

Il fait partie du parti politique ODPO.

En 2015, il est candidat à la présidence de la Banque africaine de développement. En 2016, il est nommé conseiller spécial du Premier ministre pour le développement macroéconomique. En 2017, il rejoint le conseil consultatif d'un programme de la John F. Kennedy School of Government, le Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program.

== Notes et références ==

Portail de l’Éthiopie Portail de la politique

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Where they travelled

Ethiopia   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • China2
  • Russia1
  • Iran (Islamic Republic of)1
  • Djibouti1
  • Ivory Coast1

Discussion topics

  • Trade and Economic Relations5
  • Financial and Monetary Issues4
  • Development and Aid4
  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations2
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs2
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity1

Activity by year

1997: 1 engagement1998: 0 engagements1999: 0 engagements2000: 0 engagements2001: 0 engagements2002: 0 engagements2003: 0 engagements2004: 0 engagements2005: 1 engagement2006: 2 engagements2007: 0 engagements2008: 0 engagements2009: 0 engagements2010: 0 engagements2011: 0 engagements2012: 0 engagements2013: 1 engagement2014: 0 engagements2015: 1 engagement19972000200520102015

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
2005-02-12Iran (Islamic Republic of)Tax Treaty
2006-01-11ChinaFramework Agreement on Bilateral Economic Cooperation

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
1997-12-26 – 1997-12-30VisitRussia · Moscow
2005-02-12Visit SummitIran (Islamic Republic of) · TehranAgreement signedTax Treaty
2006-01-11VisitChina · BeijingAgreement signedFramework Agreement on Bilateral Economic Cooperation
2006-11-03 – 2006-11-04VisitChina · Beijing
2013-01-19 – 2013-01-20VisitDjibouti · Djibouti City
2015-05-26VisitIvory Coast · Abidjan

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Sufian Ahmed leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/sufian-ahmed.html]