Alemayehu Atomsa
| Alemayehu Atomsa Alamaayyoo Atomsaa ዓለማየሁ አቶምሳ |
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| President of the Oromia Region | |
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In office 6 September 2010 – 18 February 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Abadula Gemeda |
| Succeeded by | Muktar Kedir |
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| Born |
Alamaayyoo Atomsaa 12 February 1969 Bonaya Boshe, Welega, Ethiopia |
| Died | 6 March 2014 (aged 45) Bangkok, Thailand |
| Political party | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
| Other political affiliations |
Oromo People's Democratic Organization |
| Alma mater |
Ethiopian Civil Service University (J.D.) Peking University (M.P.P.) |
| Religion | Ethiopian Orthodox |
Alemayehu Atomsa (Amharic: አለማየው ፡ አቶምሳ? Afaan Oromo: Alamaayyoo Atomsaa; 12 February 1969 – 6 March 2014) was an Ethiopian politician who served as the president of the Oromia Region, the largest of the country's regions, from 2010 until his resignation due to illness in 2014, from which he died in Bangkok, Thailand, on 6 March 2014.
Alemayehu was born on 12 February 1969 in the village of Sere in Welega Province, now in Bonaya Boshe District in the Misraq Welega Zone of the Oromia Region. Alemayehu attended school close to his home district at Gubo Leyo Primary School and Siri Secondary School. During the Ethiopian Civil War, he was conscripted by the government to fight against EPLF and TPLF rebels. He, however, was captured by TPLF rebels. Not too long, his capturers gave him the option of continuing to be their POW or becoming a founding member of the Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO); he chose the later.
He received a law degree from the Ethiopian Civil Service University and a Master of Public Policy degree from Peking University in Beijing, China.
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