Dr.-Ing. Eshetayehu Kinfu is an experienced academic, researcher, and public administrator. He joined the Addis Ababa City Administration in October 2022 after serving as Team Leader – Urban Planning with UN HABITAT in Hawassa. He started his career as Deputy Administrator at Yabelo Woreda in the Borena Zone of Oromia Regional State where he served between 1999 and 2002. He subsequently served as Mayor of Dukem from June 2005 to February 2006.
Dr.-Ing. Kinfu also worked as Core Process Owner in Land Provision & Construction Permit and Execution Core Process of Bishoftu City, and subsequently served as Senior Expert for cadastre and land information preparation and administration at Sidama Zone’s Urban Development Department.
An urbanist and regionalist with a a professional management certificate, Dr.-Ing. Kinfu has also led and collaborated on various research projects and was a researcher on urban issues at the Institute of Policy and Development Research at Hawassa University.
Dr.-Ing. Kinfu holds a PhD in Engineering in Urban and Regional Planning – Specialization in Settlements Design and Regional Studies – from the University of Rostock.
