Diriba Kuma

{{Short description|Ethiopian diplomat}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Deriba Kuma | native_name = {{Nobold|Deribaa Kumaa}} | native_name_lang = om | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | citizenship = | education = | occupation = Diplomat | organization = | office1 = Ambassador of Ethiopia to Sweden and other Nordic countries | term_start1 = 29 March 2019 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | appointer1 = Mulatu Teshome | successor1 = | president1 = Sahle-Work Zewde<br>Taye Atske Selassie | prime_minister1 = Abiy Ahmed | office2 = 30th Mayor of Addis Ababa | term_start2 = 9 July 2013 | term_end2 = 16 July 2018 | predecessor2 = Kuma Demeksa | successor2 = Takele Uma Benti | president2 = Mulatu Teshome | prime_minister2 = Abiy Ahmed<br>Hailemariam Desalegn | office3 = Minister of Transport | term_start3 = October 2010 | term_end3 = July 2013 | predecessor3 = Workneh Gebeyehu | successor3 = Siraj Fegessa | president3 = Girma Wolde-Giorgis | prime_minister3 = Meles Zenawi | appointer3 = Meles Zenawi | spouse = | alma_mater = Addis Ababa University (BA) | children = | awards = | website = | order2 = }}

'''Deriba Kuma''' ({{langx|om|Deribaa Kumaa}}; {{langx|am|ድሪባ ኩማ}}) is an Ethiopian diplomat who was the 30th Mayor of Addis Ababa, who took office on 9 July 2013 until 16 July 2018. Diriba served as Minister of Transport from October 2010 to July 2013 before being elected as Mayor of Addis Ababa.<ref name="ERTA">{{cite news|last=Kussa|first=Mulugeta|title=Council Elects Diriba Kuma Addis Ababa Mayor|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201307100058.html|accessdate=21 August 2013|newspaper=Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency|date=9 July 2013}}</ref> After his term as mayor, he was appointed as an ambassador to foreign countries by President Mulatu Teshome.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.afro105fm.com/afrofm.com/2018/07/13/president-mulatu-appoints-ambassadors/|title=President appoints Ambassadors – Afro 105.3 FM|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref> Currently, he is an ambassador to Sweden as well as other Nordic countries since March 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ethio.news/2019/03/29/ambassador-diriba-kuma-submitted-his-credentials-to-swedish-king/|title=Ambassador Diriba Kuma Submitted his Credentials to Swedish king|date=2019-03-29|website=Ethiopian News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref>

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