| Kenea Yadeta | |
| Native Name: | Qana'aa Yaadataa |
| Native Name Lang: | om |
| Office: | Ministry of Defense |
| Term Start: | 18 August 2020 |
| Term End: | 6 October 2021 |
| President: | Sahle-Work Zewde |
| Primeminister: | Abiy Ahmed |
| Predecessor: | Lemma Megersa |
| Successor: | Abraham Belay |
| Birth Place: | Ethiopia |
| Otherparty: | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
| Party: | Independent |
Kenea Yadeta (Oromo: Qana'aa Yaadataa; Amharic: ቀነዓ ያደታ) is an Ethiopian politician and former minister of the Ministry of Defense.
He studied administration and holds a PhD in Public Management, a Master's in Public & Constitutional Law, in Public Administration, and in Business Administration.[1] He served in the Ethiopian Federal Police as Deputy Commissioner General, as Head of Security and Administration Bureau,[2] and security chief of Oromia Region.[3] On 18 August 2020, he was appointed by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as Minister of Defense amid a controversy between his predecessor and the prime minister.[4] [5] He became a key figure in the Tigray War.[6] [7] He was succeeded by Abraham Belay, former head of the Transitional Government of Tigray on 6 October 2021.[8]