Tesfaye Gebre Kidan
Tesfaye Gebre Kidan | |
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ተስፋዬ ገብረ ኪዳን | |
Tesfaye in 1991 | |
| President of Ethiopia | |
Acting | |
| In office 21 May 1991 – 27 May 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Mengistu Haile Mariam |
| Succeeded by | Meles Zenawi (Acting) |
| Vice President of Ethiopia | |
| In office 26 April 1991 – 21 May 1991 | |
| President | Mengistu Haile Mariam |
| Preceded by | Fisseha Desta |
| Succeeded by | Post abolished |
| Governor-General of Eritrea | |
| In office August 1989 – 29 May 1991 | |
| President | Mengistu Haile Mariam |
| Preceded by | Afework Wolemikael |
| Succeeded by | Isaias Afwerki as Secretary-General of the Provisional Government of Eritrea |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office January 1980 – 14 May 1988 | |
| President | Mengistu Haile Mariam |
| Preceded by | Taye Tilahun |
| Succeeded by | Haile Giorgis Habte Mariam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1935 Hararghe, Ethiopian Empire |
| Died | 4 June 2004 (aged 68–69) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Ethiopia |
Tesfaye Gebre Kidan Geletu (Amharic: ተስፋዬ ገብረ ኪዳን ገለቱ, romanized: Täsfaye Gäbrä Kidan Gälätu, c. 1935 – 4 June 2004) was an Ethiopian military officer and politician who was the interim president of Ethiopia for one week in late May 1991.