| Seleshi Bekele | |
| Native Name: | ስለሺ በቀለ |
| Native Name Lang: | Amharic |
| Office: | Ambassador of Ethiopia to the US |
| Term Start: | 6 May 2022 |
| Term End: | 26 May 2024 |
| Successor: | Lencho Bati |
| Office1: | Chief Negotiator & Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD |
| Term Start1: | 7 October 2021 |
| Predecessor1: | Post established |
| President1: | Sahle-Work Zewde |
| Primeminister1: | Abiy Ahmed |
| Office2: | Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy |
| Term Start2: | 16 October 2018 |
| Term End2: | 6 October 2021 |
| Successor2: | Habtamu Itefa |
| Primeminister2: | Abiy Ahmed |
| President2: | Mulatu Teshome Sahle-Work Zewde |
| Office3: | Senior Water and Climate Specialist at UNECA |
| Term Start3: | December 2010 |
| Term End3: | March 2014 |
| Nationality: | Ethiopian |
| Birth Date: | 1960s |
| Birth Place: | Ethiopia |
| Party: | Prosperity Party |
| Alma Mater: | Addis Ababa University Newcastle University TU Dresden |
Seleshi Bekele (am|ስለሺ በቀለ) is an Ethiopian politician and academic who served as the Chief Negotiator and Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD at Office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2021 and ambassador of Ethiopia to the US from 2022 to 2024. Prior to this position, He served as the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia from 2018 to 2021.[1]
He has obtained his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Addis Ababa University in 1987. He also obtained Masters of Science in Hydraulic Engineer in 1992 from Newcastle University and Ph.D. from Technical University of Dresden in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering in 2001.[2]
Seleshi is known for actively participating in the tri-lateral negotiations with Sudan and Egypt in regards to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).[3] In this regards, he is the first Minister of Water to appear before the U.N. Security Council representing Ethiopia's Standpoint about GERD. On 6 May 2022, he was appointed as ambassador of Ethiopia to the US which lasted until 26 May 2024 for the sake of pursuing his private career.[4] [5]