Lomi Bedo Kumbi is an Ethiopian politician. She has been serving as Deputy Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives since 2021.
Lomi Bedo | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2021 | |
| Speaker | Tagesse Chafo |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Prosperity Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Career
editBedo was elected and sworn in Deputy Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives on 4 October 2021 after the 2021 general election.[1][2] She is the supervisor of the Women Parliamentary Caucus.[3]
In February 2022, Bedo and Gayo Asherbiri were elected members of the Ethiopian delegation to the Pan African Parliament.[4]
She visited the Parliament of South Africa through a UN Women mission in July 2023.[3] In October 2025, Bedo described Ethiopia's exclusion from access to the Red Sea as a “historic mistake” and called on the citizens to support the Ethiopian government's diplomatic efforts to secure that access to the sea.[5]
In March 2026 she visited India at the head of a delegation of 32 female deputies where she met with Minister Jitendra Singh Rana in New Delhi as part of a training programme on women's leadership organised by the National Centre for Good Governance.[6]
References
edit- ↑ "Tagese Chafo Re-elected as Speaker of Newly Formed House of Peoples' Representative". Ethiopian News Agency. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Ethiopia's March to Prosperity with Renewed Hope, New Government". Ethiopian News Agency. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- 1 2 "UN Women Ethiopia together with House of People's Representatives of Ethiopia conducted experience sharing mission to the South African Parliament". UN Women. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Ethiopia's Parliament elects Hon. Bedo Kumbi and Hon. Ashebir Gayo into PAP". African Parliamentary News. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "HPR Describes Ethiopia's Exclusion from the Red Sea as a Historical Mistake". Ethiopian News Agency. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ↑ "Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh interacts with a delegation of women parliamentarians from Ethiopia; shares some of India's globally acknowledged best practices in governance". Press Information Bureau. 11 March 2026. Retrieved 9 April 2026.