| Fitsum Arega | |
| Native Name: | ፍፁም አረጋ |
| Native Name Lang: | am |
| Office: | Ambassador of Ethiopia to Canada |
| Term Start: | September 2022 |
| Office1: | Director General of the Ethiopian Investment Commission |
| Successor1: | Abebe Abebayehu |
| Term Start1: | 5 November 2018 |
| Term End1: | 24 December 2018 |
| Office2: | Chief of Staff of Prime Minister of Ethiopia |
| Term Start2: | 26 April 2018 |
| Term End2: | 5 November 2018 |
| Successor2: | Shimelis Abdisa |
| Office3: | Director General of the Ethiopian Investment Commission |
| Successor3: | Belachew Mekuria |
| Predecessor3: | Belachew Mekuria |
| Term Start3: | February 2013 |
| Term End3: | 25 April 2018 |
| Birth Place: | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Education: | University of Manchester (M.A.) Open University (M.B.A) University of Birmingham (PgD) |
| Primeminister: | Abiy Ahmed |
| Term Start4: | 10 April 2019 |
| Term End4: | September 2022 |
| Office4: | Ambassador of Ethiopia to the United States |
Fitsum Arega Gebrekidan (am|ፍፁም አረጋ ገብረኪዳን) is an Ethiopian diplomat who is the current Ethiopian Ambassador to Canada. He was the Director General of the Ethiopian Investment Commission and the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia[1] and also served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to the United States. He presented his credentials to Governor General of Canada Mary Simon in September 2022.[2]
Fitsum was born and raised in Addis Ababa, and received his higher education in the United Kingdom. He attended the University of Manchester, where he received a master's degree in Development Economics and Policy Management. He later received an MBA degree from Open University (OU) Business School, as well as a PgD from the University of Birmingham.[3]
In 2020, Fitsum opposed reported plans by the United States government to cut funding to Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). He described the dam as a project that "will pull Ethiopia out of darkness".[4]
Fitsum celebrated reports that the U.S. would restore aid to Ethiopia in February 2021, reiterated his support for the GERD. Fitsum claimed it would help provide electricity to 60 million people and boost environmental efforts.[5]
In 2021, Fitsum announced the establishment of the American Ethiopian Public Affairs Committee (AEPAC). The stated purpose of the newly-formed organization is to entrench the bilateral relationship between the United States and Ethiopia.[6]