Workneh Gebeyehu | |
Office1: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Primeminister1: | Hailemariam Desalegn Abiy Ahmed |
Term Start1: | 8 November 2016 |
Term End1: | 8 March 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Tedros Adhanom |
Office2: | Minister of Transport and Communications |
Primeminister2: | Hailemariam Desalegn |
Term Start2: | September 2012 |
Term End2: | 1 November 2016 |
Successor2: | Diriba Kuma |
Office3: | Ethiopian Federal Police |
Title3: | Commissioner-General |
Primeminister3: | Meles Zenawi Hailemariam Desalegn |
Term Start3: | 2001 |
Term End3: | 2012 |
Successor3: | Assefa Abiyo |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1968 |
Birth Place: | Shashemene, Arsi Province, Ethiopian Empire (now Oromia Region, Ethiopia) |
Party: | Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization |
Otherparty: | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
Alma Mater: | Addis Ababa University (B.A.) Addis Ababa University (M.A.) University of South Africa (Ph.D)[1] |
Workneh Gebeyehu Negewo (Oromo: Warqinaa Gabayyoo; Amharic: ወርቅነህ ገበየሁ, born 16 July 1968)[2] is an Ethiopian politician. In September 2012, he was appointed Ministry of Transport and he has served as an elected member of Addis Ababa City Council.
He studied BA in Political Science and International Relations (1991) and MA in International Relations (2006) at Addis Ababa University. He has been a member of Oromo People's Democratic Organization and EPRDF (Since 2019 the Prosperity Party) since 1991 and an executive member of both parties since 2012 and commissioner general of the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission from 2001 to 2012.[3] Since 1 November 2016 he had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs following a cabinet reshuffle, succeeding Tedros Adhanom, before he was appointed as the 6th Executive Secretary of IGAD in November 2019.[4]