Kassa Teklebirhan Explained

Kassa Teklebirhan
Office:Ambassador of Ethiopia to Japan
Term Start:2019
Term End:2021
Office1:Ambassador of Ethiopia to United States
Term Start1:2017
Term End1:2018
Office2:Speaker of the House of Federation
Termstart2:10 October 2010
Termend2:5 October 2015
Preceded2:Degefe Bula
Succeeded2:Yalew Abate
Nationality:Ethiopian
Birth Place:Soqota, Ethiopia
Party:Amhara National Democratic Movement
Otherparty:Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front

Kassa Teklebirhan Gebrehiwot is an Ethiopian politician who was speaker of the House of Federation from 2010 to 2015.

Life and career

Kassa was born in Seqota, Amhara Region. He has a bachelor's degree in economics.[1]

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. He was a member of Amhara National Democratic Movement. He was a central committee and politburo member of Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front for fifteen years. He worked in the public service of Amhara Region. He held leadership positions in Addis Ababa University since 2012.

Kassa was speaker of the House of Federation from October 2010 to October 2015. He was then appointed as minister of federal affairs and pastoral area's development. He was appointed ambassador of Ethiopia to United States from 2017[2] to 2018. He was ambassador of Ethiopia to Japan from 2019[3] to 2021.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ASSECAA . www.assecaa.org.
  2. Web site: Ethiopia’s Ambassador to the United States: Who Is Kassa Tekleberhan? . AllGov.
  3. Web site: Presentation of credentials by Ethiopian Ambassador to Japan . Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.