Tesfaye Gebre Kidan

Lieutenant General Tesfaye Gebre Kidan
ተስፋዬ ገብረ ኪዳን
Tesfaye in 1991
Acting President of Ethiopia
In office 21 May 1991 (1991-05-21) – 27 May 1991 (1991-05-27)
Preceded by	Mengistu Haile Mariam
Succeeded by	Meles Zenawi (Acting)
Vice President of Ethiopia
In office 26 April 1991 – 21 May 1991
President	Mengistu Haile Mariam
Preceded by	Fisseha Desta
Succeeded by	Post abolished
Minister of Defense
In office January 1980[1] – 14 May 1988
President	Mengistu Haile Mariam
Preceded by	Taye Tilahun
Succeeded by	Haile Giorgis Habte Mariam
Personal details
Born	c. 1935 Hararghe, Ethiopian Empire[2]
Died	4 June 2004(2004-06-04) (aged 68–69) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Political party	Workers' Party of Ethiopia

Tesfaye Gebre Kidan Geletu (Amharic: ተስፋዬ ገብረ ኪዳን ገለቱ, romanized: Täsfaye Gäbrä Kidan Gälätu, c. 1935 – 4 June 2004) was an Ethiopian general who was the acting president of Ethiopia for one week in late May 1991.