Fisseha Desta

Lieutenant Colonel Fisseha Desta
ፍስሃ ደስታ
Vice President of Ethiopia
In office 10 September 1987 – 26 April 1991
President	Mengistu Haile Mariam
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Tesfaye Gebre Kidan
Member of the Central Committee of COPWE
In office 1979–1984
Personal details
Born	(1941-04-21)21 April 1941 Adwa, Italian East Africa (now Tigray, Ethiopia)
Died	7 May 2022(2022-05-07) (aged 81) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Political party	Workers' Party of Ethiopia 1984–1991
Military service
Allegiance	Ethiopian Empire Derg
Branch/service	Ethiopian Army
Years of service	1961-1991
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	First Division Third Division
Battles/wars	Eritrean War of Independence Ethiopian Civil War

Fisseha Desta (Tigrinya: ፍስሃ ደስታ; 21 April 1941 – 7 May 2022)^[1] was an Ethiopian military officer and politician who was the first vice president of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991.