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The biography documented reflects the year of AMALI’s participation and should not be considered the most recent update.

Samuel Mollalign

Mayor of Dessie city, Ethiopia

Mayor Samuel Mollalign is leading the administration of Dessie City, one of the largest cities in Ethiopia. He was born in 1984 and graduated from Haramaya University in 2007 with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Bahir Dar University in 2016 with a MSc degree in Developmental Economics. Both universities are wellregarded Ethiopian public universities. Mr Mollalign was a district administrator for five years before becoming Mayor. He was the head of the finance office for four years and also led the East Amhara World Bank project as a coordinator for four years.

He has presided over the implementation of projects rich with new ideas, and is a leader that both the government and the people have placed hope and trust in to bring better development to Dessie City in a short period of time.