Kassa Teklebirhan
Kassa Teklebirhan Gebrehiwot | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the House of Federation | |
| In office October 2010 – 5 October 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Degefe Bula |
| Succeeded by | Yalew Abate |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Ethiopian |
| Political party | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
Kassa Teklebirhan Gebrehiwot is an Ethiopian politician who was speaker of the House of Federation.
Kassa was born in Seqota, Amhara Region.[1] He has a bachelor's degree in economics.[2]
Following Fall of the Derg regime, Kassa was deputy chief of command of National Defense in Transitional Government of Ethiopia from May 1991 to April 1993.[2] He was a member of Amhara National Democratic Movement.[1] He was a central committee and politburo member of Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front for fifteen years.[2] He worked in the public service of Amhara Region. He held leadership positions in Addis Abeba University since 2012.[2]
Kassa was speaker of the House of Federation[2] from October 2010 to October 2015. He was then appointed as minister of federal affairs and pastoral area's development.[1] He was appointed ambassador of Ethiopia to United States from 2017[1] to 2018. He was ambassador of Ethiopia to Japan from 2019[3] to 2021.
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