Abiy Ahmed Ali is the prime minister of Ethiopia since 2018 and leader of the governing Prosperity Party since 2019.
Abiy is the first ethnic Oromo to hold the position of Ethiopian prime minister and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for resolving tensions with Eritrea.
He previously served in the Ethiopian National Defence Force, rising to lieutenant colonel.
He is the founder of the Ethiopian Information Network Security Agency and former minister of science and technology.
He is also a former chairman of the Oromo Democratic Party.
Abiy holds degrees from Addis Ababa University.