Berhanu Nega

Berhanu Nega
ብርሃኑ ነጋ
Minister of Education
Assumed office
6 October 2021
PresidentSahle-Work Zewde
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Preceded byGetahun Mekuria
Mayor-elect of Addis Ababa
In office
20 August 2005 – 13 October 2005
Preceded byArkebe Oqubay
Succeeded byBerhane Deressa
Personal details
Born (1958-12-06) 6 December 1958 (age 65)
Debre Zeyit, Shewa Province, Ethiopian Empire (now Bishoftu, Oromia Region, Ethiopia)
Political partyEthiopian Citizens for Social Justice
Other political
affiliations
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party
Coalition for Unity and Democracy
Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy
Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice
SpouseNardos Minasse
Children2
Alma materAddis Ababa University
SUNY New Paltz (B.S.)
The New School (Ph.D.)
Occupation

Berhanu Nega (Amharic: ብርሃኑ ነጋ; born 6 December 1958) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the current Minister of Education of Ethiopia. He previously was the mayor elect of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the 2005 Ethiopian general elections. He is a founding chairman of the Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice and a Deputy Chairman of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), for whom he served as chief election campaign strategist. He is also the co-founder and leader of Ginbot 7, an anti-government rebel group.[1] Until mid-2018, he was labelled a terrorist by the Ethiopian government.[2]

  1. ^ Hammer, Joshua (31 August 2016). "Once a Bucknell Professor, Now the Commander of an Ethiopian Rebel Army". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  2. ^ House, Freedom (3 January 2017). Freedom in the World 2016. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 231. ISBN 9781442261532. Retrieved 1 January 2017.

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