Aboy Sebhat Nega | |
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| Born | 1935 (age 88–89) |
| Education | Nigist Saba School (Adwa) |
| Alma mater | Addis Ababa University |
| Political party | Tigray People's Liberation Front |
| Other political affiliations | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
| Awards | Honorary Doctorate Degree in Leadership and Politics (2016) |
Aboy Sebhat Nega (Tigrinya: አቦይ ስብሀት ነጋ; born 1935) is an Ethiopian politician and senior member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
Born in Adwa, Sebhat joined TPLF in 1976 to fight the Derg regime. After the Derg fell in 1991, he became the head of the EPRDF’s Economic Affairs Department, which oversees the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT), a group of TPLF-affiliated companies. He has served in Meles Zenawi cabinet and prominent of TPLF classic ideologies.
During the Tigray War, Sebhat was one of surviving TPLF officials that have been captured by the Ethiopian government force in his hideout Kola Tembien area in the northern Tigray Region. In January 2022, he was pardoned by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in the course of talks with the US special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Jeffry Feltman.[1]
- ^ Admin (2022-01-07). "Sebhat Nega and Jawar Mohammed released from prison". Borkena Ethiopian News. Retrieved 2024-11-19.