This is an Ethiopian name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Berhanu.
Berhanu Dinka
Special Representative for Burundi
In office July 2002 – June 2004
Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
Preceded by
Jean Arnoult
Succeeded by
Carolyn McAskie
Special Representative and Regional Humanitarian Adviser for the Great Lakes Region
In office December 1997 – July 2002
Secretary-General
Kofi Annan
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Ibrahima Fall (politician)
Special Envoy for Sierra Leone
In office February 1995 – 1997
Secretary-General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Francis G. Okelo
Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations
In office 1984 – May 1986
President
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Ethiopian Ambassador to Canada
In office 1984 – May 1986
President
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Ethiopian Ambassador to Djibouti
In office 1980–1984
President
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Preceded by
Position established
Head of the Department of Africa and Middle East Affairs
In office 1975–1980
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Kifle Wodajo Feleke Gedle-Giorgis
Personal details
Born
(1935-06-04)4 June 1935 Welega Province, Ethiopian Empire
Died
8 July 2013(2013-07-08) (aged 78) New York City, US
Alma mater
American University Johns Hopkins University
Occupation
Diplomat
economist
Berhanu Dinka (Amharic: ብርሃኑ ዲንቃ; 4 June 1935 – 8 July 2013) was an Ethiopian diplomat. His distinguished diplomatic career spanned more than five decades, during which he held a number of senior portfolios in the Ethiopian Foreign Service, including as the first Ethiopian ambassador to Djibouti and as the permanent representative to the United Nations for Ethiopia, and as an official of the United Nations, including as Under-Secretary-General, Special Envoy for Sierra Leone, and Special Representative for the Great Lakes region and for Burundi.
BerhanuDinka (Amharic: ብርሃኑ ዲንቃ; 4 June 1935 – 8 July 2013) was an Ethiopian diplomat. His distinguished diplomatic career spanned more than five decades...
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