Seleshi Bekele
Seleshi Bekele | |
|---|---|
ስለሺ በቀለ | |
| Ambassador of Ethiopia to the US | |
| In office 6 May 2022 – 26 May 2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Lencho Bati |
| Chief Negotiator & Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD | |
| Assumed office 7 October 2021 | |
| President | Sahle-Work Zewde |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy | |
| In office 16 October 2018 – 6 October 2021 | |
| President | Mulatu Teshome Sahle-Work Zewde |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Habtamu Itefa |
| Senior Water and Climate Specialist at UNECA | |
| In office December 2010 – March 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960s Ethiopia |
| Political party | Prosperity Party |
| Alma mater | Addis 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.