Aster Mamo is the ambassador of Ethiopia to Canada since January 2018. Before, she served as the chief government whip of the Ethiopian Government from 2014-2015 and as a member of the Central Committee of the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO) until 2016. She has also served as Ethiopia's Youth and Sports Minister from 2005–2014. In January 2018, she became the new ambassador to Canada.