| Kemal Bedri | |
| Office: | President of the Federal Supreme Court |
| Primeminister: | Meles Zenawi |
| President: | Negasso Gidada |
| Term Start: | 1996 |
| Term End: | 2009 |
| Deputy: | Membere Tsehay Tadesse |
| Office1: | Chairperson of the National Election Board of Ethiopia |
| Term Start1: | 1991 |
| Term End1: | 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Harar, Ethiopia |
| Education: | Addis Ababa University (LLB) |
| Occupation: | Judge |
| Party: | Harari National League |
Kemal Bedri is an Ethiopian judge. He served as the founding chairman of the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) and later President of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia until 2009.[1] [2]
Kemal was born in the city of Harar. He received a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Addis Ababa University in 1973. During the Derg regime, he was appointed judge and was involved in various judiciary roles.[3]
Following the collapse of the Derg in 1991, the new transitional government of Ethiopia nominated him as the chairman of the National Election Board of Ethiopia.[4] In 1996 he would leave his position as head of NEBE to become President of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia.[5]
He was an adherent of the now defunct Harari National League.[6]