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

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 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 edit

  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.