His Excellency Mr. Gedu Andargachew Alene
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Born on 16 August 1963, Gedu Andargachew Alene is married
and a father of two female children. Mr. Alene can read write and speak Amharic
and English. He is a senior public sector executive official with demonstrated
capacity in the management of public affairs. Apart from his current position of
the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
(FDRE), he has served Amhara Regional State as Chief Administrator of Northern
Wello Zonal Administration, Deputy Chief Administrator and Head of Bureau for
Agriculture of Amhara Regional State, President of Amhara Regional State. Moreover,
he has rich experience in the legislature as he has been serving as a member of the
Amhara Regional Council (Parliament) as well as a member of a house of
Federation of FDRE.
Mr. Gedu Andargachew is also known for his courage and initiative for leading and managing political and socio-economic changes both at the Regional State and Federal level. In this regard, he is considered as one of the champions of the Current Ethiopian change initiation and leadership. His educational and training background (Organizational Leadership & Development Administration) has a big contribution to what Mr.Alene is in leadership. He is also known for well mannered inter-personal and public relations as well as strong diplomatic approaches which finally lead him to assume his current position as the lead diplomat of FDRE.
A. Educational Background
- MA in Organizational Leadership, Azusa Pacific University (USA), May 2007
- Bachelor of Development Administration, Ethiopian Civil Service College, July 2001
B. Work Experience
- Minister of FDRE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from April 2019 - till now
- President of Amhara National Regional State from December 2013 - March 2019
- Deputy Chief Administrator and Agricultural Bureau Head of Amhara National Regional State from October 2010 - December 2013
- Deputy Chief Administrator of Amhara Regional State from November 2008 - October 2010
- Public Participation and Organization Affairs Advisor of Amhara Regional President in the rank of Bureau Head, from September 2005 - November 2008
- Bureau Head of Information and Communication in Amhara Region From April 2005 - September 2005
- Zonal Chief Administrator of North Wollo from November 2003 - April 2005
- Deputy Zonal Chief Administration of East Gojjam Zone from November 2001 – November 2002
- Zonal Capacity Building Head of North Wollo from July 1996 - July 1998
- Amhara National Democratic Party North Wollo Organizational Head, from January 1994 - July 1996
- Party Secretary of Delanta and Dawnt Woreda from August 1990 - January 1994
C. Short Term Training and Seminars
- Training of Strategic leadership communication, organized by Jhon Hopkines University Baltimo, USA from June 1 – 23/2005
- Leadership training, 2 months from November 1st - December 31st 2013 at Ethiopian Civil Service College
- Training on Food Security and Disaster management organized by Asia Institute of Technology, Thailand, Bangkok, from May 20 – June 3/2012
- Saemaul training for leaders of Amharic, Saemaul Undong and Agricultural Development, from June 20 - 30/2014 Organized by the Institute of Development and Cooperation, Yeungnum University, South Korea
