| Haile Woldense ogbu | |
| Order: | 1st Minister of Finance of Eritrea |
| Term Start: | 1993 |
| Term End: | 1997 |
| Successor: | Ghebreselassie Yoseph |
| Order2: | Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea |
| Term Start2: | 1997 |
| Term End2: | 2000 |
| Predecessor2: | Petros Solomon |
| Successor2: | Ali Said Abdella |
| Order3: | 3rd Minister of Trade & Industry of Eritrea |
| Term Start3: | 2000 |
| Term End3: | 2001 |
| Predecessor3: | Ali Said Abdella |
| Successor3: | Gergis Teklemichael |
| Birth Date: | 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Hamasien, British Military Administration in Eritrea (present-day Eritrea) |
| Party: | PFDJ |
Haile Woldense or Woldetensae is an Eritrean politician.
Woldense was born in 1946 and attended high school in Asmara, Eritrea. After graduation, he was accepted to the Addis Ababa University engineering program. There he met Isaias Afewerki and they withdrew from school to join the Eritrean Liberation Front.[1]
In 1974 he became a member of what would become the Eritrea People's Liberation Front (EPLF) Central Committee and joined the Political Bureau. He was the head master of EPLF's cadre school, who transformed the movement.
After Independence he became the Minister of Finance and Development and served in that position until 1997. In mid-February 1997, he was instead appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2] As a member of the G-15, who requested the resignation of the President of Eritrea to end the war with Ethiopia, he was arrested and replaced in his position.
Amnesty International considers Woldense and the other imprisoned G-15 members to be prisoners of conscience and has called for their immediate release.[3]