Demeke Mekonnen

Demeke Mekonnen
ደመቀ መኮንን
Demeke in 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia
In office
21 September 2012 – 26 January 2024
Serving with Debretsion Gebremichael
(2012–2016)
and Aster Mamo
(2012–16)
Prime MinisterHailemariam Desalegn
Abiy Ahmed
Preceded byHailemariam Desalegn
Succeeded byTemesgen Tiruneh
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
4 November 2020 – 1 February 2024
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Preceded byGedu Andargachew
Succeeded byTaye Atskeselassie
In office
8 March 2019 – 18 April 2019[citation needed]
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Preceded byWorkneh Gebeyehu
Succeeded byGedu Andargachew
Chairman of the
Amhara Democratic Party
In office
8 September 2010 – 1 December 2019
DeputyGedu Andargachew
Preceded byAddisu Legesse
Succeeded bypost abolished
Minister of Education
In office
30 October 2008 – 4 July 2013
Prime MinisterMeles Zenawi
Hailemariam Desalegn
Succeeded byShiferaw Shigute
Personal details
Born (1963-09-27) 27 September 1963 (age 61)
Gojjam, Ethiopian Empire
Political partyProsperity Party
Other political
affiliations
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Amhara Democratic Party
SpouseAlemitu Kassaye
Alma materBradford University
Addis Ababa University

Demeke Mekonnen Hassen (Amharic: ደመቀ መኮንን ሐሰን; born 27 September 1963) is an Ethiopian politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 2012 to 2024, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2020 to 2024[1] and former vice-president of the Prosperity Party. He previously served as chairman of the Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) and deputy chair of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) until the dissolution of the two in December 2019.

  1. ^ "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia on X".

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