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Kassa Teklebirhan

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Kassa Teklebirhan Gebrehiwot
Speaker of the House of Federation
In office
October 2010 – 5 October 2015
Preceded byDegefe Bula
Succeeded byYalew Abate
Personal details
NationalityEthiopian
Political partyEthiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front

Kassa Teklebirhan Gebrehiwot is an Ethiopian politician who was speaker of the House of Federation.

Kassa was born in Seqota, Amhara Region.[1] He has a bachelor's degree in economics.[2]

Following Fall of the Derg regime, Kassa was deputy chief of command of National Defense in Transitional Government of Ethiopia from May 1991 to April 1993.[2] He was a member of Amhara National Democratic Movement.[1] He was a central committee and politburo member of Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front for fifteen years.[2] He worked in the public service of Amhara Region. He held leadership positions in Addis Abeba University since 2012.[2]

Kassa was speaker of the House of Federation[2] from October 2010 to October 2015. He was then appointed as minister of federal affairs and pastoral area's development.[1] He was appointed ambassador of Ethiopia to United States from 2017[1] to 2018. He was ambassador of Ethiopia to Japan from 2019[3] to 2021.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Ethiopia's Ambassador to the United States: Who Is Kassa Tekleberhan?". AllGov.
  2. ^ a b c d e "ASSECAA". www.assecaa.org.
  3. ^ "Presentation of credentials by Ethiopian Ambassador to Japan". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.