Lia Tadesse

Lia Tadesse
ሊያ ታደሰ
Lia Tadesse in 2024
Minister of Health
In office
12 March 2020  8 February 2024
PresidentSahle-Work Zewde
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Preceded byAmir Aman
Succeeded byMekdes Daba
State Minister of Health of Ethiopia
In office
November 2018  March 2020
PresidentSahle-Work Zewde
Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed
Personal details
Born1976 (age 4849)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Political partyProsperity Party
Alma materJimma University
Addis Ababa University
AwardsNext Generation Award of Harvard School

Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin (Amharic: ሊያ ታደሰ ገብረመድኅን; born 1976) is an Ethiopian physician who served as the Minister of Health from 12 March 2020 until 8 February 2024. Prior to her appointment, Lia served as State Minister of Health from November 2018. She also served as an Executive Director at the University of Michigan's Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as a CEO and Vice Provost in St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) in Addis Ababa and as a Project Director of USAID's Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) at Jhpiego-Ethiopia.