Seleshi Bekele

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Seleshi Bekele
ስለሺ በቀለ
Ambassador of Ethiopia to the US
In office
6 May 2022 – 26 May 2024
Succeeded byLencho Bati
Chief Negotiator & Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 October 2021
PresidentSahle-Work Zewde
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Preceded byPost established
Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy
In office
16 October 2018 – 6 October 2021
PresidentMulatu Teshome
Sahle-Work Zewde
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Succeeded byHabtamu Itefa
Senior Water and Climate Specialist at UNECA
In office
December 2010 – March 2014
Personal details
Born1960s
Ethiopia
Political partyProsperity Party
Alma materAddis Ababa University(B.Sc)
Newcastle University(M.Sc)
TU Dresden(Ph.D.)

Seleshi Bekele (Amharic: ስለሺ በቀለ) is an Ethiopian politician and academic who served as the Chief Negotiator and Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD at Office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2021 and ambassador of Ethiopia to the US from 2022 to 2024. Prior to this position, He served as the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia from 2018 to 2021.[1]

Education

He has obtained his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Addis Ababa University in 1987. He also obtained Masters of Science in Hydraulic Engineer in 1992 from Newcastle University and Ph.D. from Technical University of Dresden in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering in 2001.[2]

Career

Seleshi is known for actively participating in the tri-lateral negotiations with Sudan and Egypt in regards to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).[3] In this regards, he is the first Minister of Water to appear before the U.N. Security Council representing Ethiopia's Standpoint about GERD. On 6 May 2022, he was appointed as ambassador of Ethiopia to the US which lasted until 26 May 2024 for the sake of pursuing his private career.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "ኢንጅነር አይሻ መሃመድ የሃገር መከላከያ ሚኒስትር ሆነው ተሾሙ". BBC News አማርኛ (in Amharic).
  2. ^ "Dr. Seleshi Bekele Awulachew". Bahir Dar University.
  3. ^ "U.N. Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal". Reuters. 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ Dawit, Kidus (2024-05-26). "Ethiopian Ambassador To Washington Resigns From Post, Public Service". www.thereporterethiopia.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  5. ^ Account (2022-05-07). "Seleshi Bekele Ethiopia's New Ambassador to the United States". Borkena Ethiopian News. Retrieved 2024-05-29.


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