Berhanu Nega
Berhanu Nega | |
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ብርሃኑ ነጋ | |
Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Minister of Education | |
| Assumed office 6 October 2021 | |
| President | Sahle-Work Zewde Taye Atske Selassie |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Getahun Mekuria |
| Mayor-elect of Addis Ababa | |
| In office 20 August 2005 – 13 October 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Arkebe Oqubay |
| Succeeded by | Berhane Deressa (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1958 |
| Party | Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice |
| Other political affiliations | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party Coalition for Unity and Democracy Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice |
| Spouse | Nardos Minasse |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Addis Ababa University State University of New York at New Paltz (BS) The New School (PhD) |
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Berhanu Nega (Amharic: ብርሃኑ ነጋ; born 6 December 1958) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the current Minister of Education since 2021. He previously was the mayor-elect of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the 2005 Ethiopian general elections. He is a founding chairman of the Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice and a Deputy Chairman of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), for whom he served as chief election campaign strategist. He is also the co-founder and leader of Ginbot 7, an anti-government rebel group. Until mid-2018, he was labelled a terrorist by the Ethiopian government.