Abiy Ahmed was born in the town of Beshasha in the historic Kaffa Province (in the present day Jimma Zone, Oromia Region), Ethiopia on 15 August 1976. His deceased father, Ahmed Ali, was a Muslim Oromo (and had four wives), while his deceased mother, Tezeta Wolde,) was an Orthodox Christian Amhara.

Abiy Ahmed was born in the town of Beshasha in the historic Kaffa Province (in the present day Jimma Zone, Oromia Region), Ethiopia on 15 August 1976. His deceased father, Ahmed Ali, was a Muslim Oromo (and had four wives), while his deceased mother, Tezeta Wolde,) was an Orthodox Christian Amhara.