Demeke Mekonnen ደመቀ መኮንን | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia | |
Assumed office 21 September 2012 | |
Prime Minister | Hailemariam Desalegn Abiy Ahmed |
Preceded by | Hailemariam Desalegn |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 8 March 2019 – 18 April 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
Preceded by | Workneh Gebeyehu |
Succeeded by | Gedu Andargachew |
Chairman of the Amhara Democratic Party | |
Assumed office 8 September 2010 | |
Deputy | Gedu Andargachew |
Preceded by | Addisu Legesse |
Minister of Education | |
In office 30 October 2008 – 4 July 2013 | |
Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi Hailemariam Desalegn |
Succeeded by | Shiferaw Shigute |
Personal details | |
Born | Gojjam, Ethiopia | 27 September 1963
Political party | Amhara Democratic Party |
Other political affiliations | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
Spouse(s) | Alemitu Kassaye |
Alma mater | Bradford University Addis Ababa University |
Demeke Mekonnen Hassen (Ge'ez: ደመቀ መኮንን; born 27 September 1963) is an Ethiopian politician and has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia, since 2012.[1] Demeke has assumed the position of the Acting Prime Minister of Ethiopia on 23 November 2021, following Abiy Ahmed's decision to engage in the ongoing Tigray War at the frontlines.[2]
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