Redigerer Abiy Ahmed (avsnitt)

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Abiy Ahmed er barn av sin muslimske far Ahmed Alis fjerde<ref>{{cite news |last1=Endeshaw |first1=Dawit |title=The rise of Abiy "Abiyot" Ahmed |url=https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/article/rise-abiy-abiyot-ahmed |accessdate=25. mars 2019 |newspaper=The Reporter |date=31. mars 2018 |quote=Coming from a very a well-known and extended family, Abiy is the 13th child for his father, who had four wives. He is the son of Ahmed Ali a.k.a Aba Dabes, Aba Fita. Ahmed, a respected elder in his small town, has contributed to the community by giving his own plot of land so that services giving centers such as clinics and telecom offices would be built. "Aba Dabes, Aba Fita has done a lot for this town," Berhanu, who said that he has known the octogenarian Ahmed for the past half century, told The Reporter.}}</ref> hustru i polygamt ekteskap, med Tezeta Wolde, en konvertert [[Den etiopisk-ortodokse kirke|ortodoks]] kristen.<ref name="munzinger">''Abiy Ahmed''. I: ''Internationales Biographisches Archiv'' 21/2018 av 22. mai 2018 (lest 12. juli 2018 via [[Munzinger-Archiv|Munzinger Online]]).</ref> Fra dette ekteskapet ble det også født fem andre barn. Ut over dette har Abiy syv halvsøsken på farssiden.<ref name="munzinger"/>  Faren var [[oromoer|oromo]]<ref name="NYT2018">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/world/africa/ethiopia-abiy-ahmed.html |title=Can Ethiopia's New Leader, a Political Insider, Change It From the Inside Out? |date=2018-09-17|accessdate=2018-09-18 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |first=Somini |last=Sengupta}}</ref>, moren [[amharer|amhara]].<ref name="satenaw">{{Cite web |url=https://www.satenaw.com/dr-abiy-ahmeds-diversity-portfolio/ |title=Dr. Abiy Ahmed's diversity portfolio |date=2018-04-01 |website=Satenaw News |access-date=2019-03-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/07/the-guardian-view-on-ethiopia-change-is-welcome-but-must-be-secured |title=The Guardian view on Ethiopia: change is welcome, but must be secured |date=2019-01-07 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=2019-03-29 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

Ahmed regnes som [[pinsevenn]] aktiv i [[Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church]]. [[Pinsebevegelsen]] har vokst sterkt i Ethiopia.<ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=From Nobel Hero to Driver of War, Ethiopia’s Leader Faces Voters|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/world/africa/Ethiopia-election-Abiy-Ahmed.html|avis=The New York Times|dato=2021-06-21|besøksdato=2022-01-16|issn=0362-4331|språk=en-US|fornavn=Declan|etternavn=Walsh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |language=en |url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2018/11/24/god-wants-ethiopians-to-prosper |title=God wants Ethiopians to prosper: The prime minister and many of his closest allies follow a fast-growing strain of Christianity |date=2018-11-24 |magazine=[[The Economist]] }}</ref><ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=Ethiopia Tigray crisis: From monk to soldier - how war has split a church|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58742178|avis=BBC News|dato=2021-10-03|besøksdato=2022-01-16|språk=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abiy-Ahmed|tittel=Abiy Ahmed {{!}} Biography, Nobel Prize, Facts, & Accomplishments {{!}} Britannica|besøksdato=2022-01-16|språk=en|verk=www.britannica.com}}</ref><ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=God wants Ethiopians to prosper|url=https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2018/11/24/god-wants-ethiopians-to-prosper|avis=The Economist|dato=2018-11-24|besøksdato=2022-01-16|issn=0013-0613|sitat=Ethiopia’s new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, is a devout Pentecostal. So was his predecessor, Hailemariam Desalegn. Lemma Megersa, the prime minister’s closest ally and president of Oromia, Ethiopia’s most populous region, is a board member of Assemblies of God, the church which hosted Nigusie in Addis Ababa in October.}}</ref> Noen kilder oppgir at han er [[muslim]],<ref name="munzinger"/> eller kristen<ref>https://www.vaticannews.va/de/welt/news/2019-01/aethiopien-ahmed-abiy-papst-franziskus-vatikan-besuch-audienz.html</ref> [[protestant]]<ref name=bio>{{cite web|language=fr|auteur1=|title=Ethiopie: Abiy Ahmed choisi pour devenir Premier ministre - RFI|newspaper=RFI Afrique|date=2018|issn=|url=http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20180328-ethiopie-abiy-ahmed-choisi-devenir-premier-ministre|accessdate=2018-08-15|pages=}} [[Radio France Internationale]].</ref> Hans navn, som det ble populært å gi barn etter at den etiopiske keiser [[Haile Selassie]] ble styrtet i 1975, er avledet av ordet ''abiyot'', som betyr «revolusjon».<ref name="munzinger"/> Etter barneskolen begynte han på skoler i Agaro. Han var en ivrig elev og senere i livet har han oppfordret andre til å lære og utdype sine kunnskaper.<ref name="abiyot" />

På slutten av 1980-tallet ble han med i Oromoenes demokratiske organisasjon, som skiftet navn til [[Oromoenes demokratiske parti]] 20. september 2018. Som tenåring på 1990-tallet kjempet han mot den marxistiske [[Derg|Dergen]]. Hans far hadde en tid sittet fengslet av disse makthaverne.<ref name="NZZ">{{cite web | autor=David Signer | url=https://www.nzz.ch/international/der-raetselhafte-ahmed-abiy-ld.1438878 | title=Der rätselhafte Abiy Ahmed | werk=NZZ |  datum=2018-11-23 | zugriff=2018-11-26}}</ref>

Han har doktorgrad i fred og sikkerhet fra [[Universitetet i Addis Abeba]] og mastergrad i lederskap fra [[University of Greenwich]] i London.<ref name=":1">{{Tidningsref|titel=Abiy Ahmed: The man changing Ethiopia|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43567007|datum=2019-10-11|hämtdatum=2019-10-11|språk=en-GB}}</ref> 

Ahmed taler flytende [[Oromo (språk)|afan oromo]], [[amharisk]] og [[tigrinya]], samt engelsk.<ref name=":1" />