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Assefa Abiyo

Assefa Abiyo
አሰፋ አቢዮ
Commissioner General of the Ethiopian Federal Police
In office
2012 – 19 April 2018
PresidentMulatu Teshome
Prime MinisterHailemariam Desalegn
Abiy Ahmed
Preceded byWorkneh Gebeyehu
Succeeded byYared Zerihun

Assefa Abiyo (Amharic: አሰፋ አቢዮ) is an Ethiopian politician who was the commissioner general of the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) from 2012 to 2018.[1][2]

Tenure

In May 2017, Assefa stated that Ethiopia and Sudan signed agreement to strengthen their law enforcement peace and security.[3] In March 2018, Assefa announced the EFP has tackled illegal arms trafficking during state of emergency following nationwide protests.[3]

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