Alemu served as mayor of the capital until 1985.Addis Ababa Millennium Secretariat. Addis Ababa in the past and its prospects in the New Millennium Alemu Abebe would also come to occupy the post of Deputy Prime Minister, responsible for agriculture, of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.Lumea, Issues 47-48. Bucharest: s.n.], 1989. p. 30Africa Events, Volume 6. London: [Dar es Salaam Ltd.], 1990. p. 14
