This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Berhanu, and not as Nega.
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party Coalition for Unity and Democracy Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice
Spouse
Nardos Minasse
Children
2
Alma mater
Addis Ababa University SUNY New Paltz (B.S.) The New School (Ph.D.)
Occupation
Economics professor
politician
Berhanu Nega (Amharic: ብርሃኑ ነጋ; born 6 December 1958) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the current Minister of Education of Ethiopia. He previously was the mayor elect of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the 2005 Ethiopian general elections. He is a founding chairman of the Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice and a Deputy Chairman of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), for whom he served as chief election campaign strategist. He is also the co-founder and leader of Ginbot 7, an anti-government rebel group.[1] Until mid-2018, he was labelled a terrorist by the Ethiopian government.[2]
^Hammer, Joshua (31 August 2016). "Once a Bucknell Professor, Now the Commander of an Ethiopian Rebel Army". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
^House, Freedom (3 January 2017). Freedom in the World 2016. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 231. ISBN 9781442261532. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
BerhanuNega (Amharic: ብርሃኑ ነጋ; born 6 December 1958) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the current Minister of Education of Ethiopia. He previously...
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new movement called "the Third Way." While some Ethiopians including BerhanuNega disapprove this concept, other state that it is a progressive and exemplary...
October 2021, he left the minister during cabinet reshuffle, succeeded by BerhanuNega. Girma, Kaleab (2022-12-02). "Former Innovation Minister, Getahun Mekuria...
in 1991. Responding to a student petition, on 8 April 2001 Mesfin and BerhanuNega held a day-long panel discussion at the hall of the National Lottery...
CUD, however. Former Chairman Hailu Araya had backed the leadership of BerhanuNega, but was defeated in the Party Congress in August. Lidetu and Mushe were...
x 3 metres that she shared with two others. BerhanuNega, Economics professor and politician Eskinder Nega, Ethiopian journalist and blogger Martin Schibbye...
Minister of Agriculture Takele Uma Benti; Ethiopia, Minister of Mines BerhanuNega Bonger; Ethiopia, Minister of Education Abrham Belay Berhe; Ethiopia...
known as "entrance exam". In October 2023, the Minister of Education BerhanuNega disclosed the catastrophic failure of student in national exam. 43% of...
then deputy leader of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) party BerhanuNega, he joined the party and helped the party in the ill-fated election of...
seats - about 56 percent - enabling it to form a government. However, BerhanuNega, vice-chairman of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy, had criticized...
Michael Debebe, Ginbot 7 leader Andargachew Tsige and his colleague BerhanuNega, and Oromo dissident and public intellectual Jawar Mohammed. Most of...
parties and independent candidates won the remaining 33 seats. However, BerhanuNega, vice-chairman of the CUD, had criticized the process on July 20, claiming...
among Hailu Shawul, Lidetu Ayalew, leader of Ethiopian Democratic Party, BerhanuNega, the then leader of Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social...