1. Berhanu Nega is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the current Minister of Education since 2021.
16 Facts About Berhanu Nega
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Berhanu Nega previously was the mayor elect of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the 2005 Ethiopian general elections.
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Berhanu Nega is a founding chairman of the Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice and a Deputy Chairman of Coalition for Unity and Democracy, for whom he served as chief election campaign strategist.
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Berhanu Nega is the co-founder and leader of Ginbot 7, an anti-government rebel group.
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Berhanu Nega attended Addis Ababa University where he participated in the student movement against the ruling Derg government in his freshman year.
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Berhanu Nega did his undergraduate degree in economics at the State University of New York at New Paltz and got his PhD in economics from the New School for Social Research, in New York City.
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Berhanu Nega became an entrepreneur and founded the Ethiopian Agro-Maize, a fertilizer-producing company, and Addis Village Family Home Builders.
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Berhanu Nega has served as a lecturer at the Addis Ababa University, Department of Economics.
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Berhanu Nega has served as the head of the Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute, a non-profit organization that he helped to establish.
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Berhanu Nega did consulting work for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
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Berhanu Nega became a full professor at Bucknell University on spring of 2015.
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In July 2015, Berhanu Nega went to Eritrea, to permanently join the "freedom fighters" that have been receiving help from the government of Isayas Afewerki, a long time leader of the Red Sea state.
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On 6 October 2021, Berhanu Nega was appointed Minister of Education by PM Abiy Ahmed.
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The working handover of power from the preceding Minister of Education, Getahun Mekuria, to Berhanu Nega took place on 13 October 2021.
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Berhanu Nega married Dr Nardos Minasse, an Ethiopian-born American optometrist, in 1989.
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Berhanu Nega's family continues to live in Pennsylvania where his wife, Dr Nardos, practices optometry.