Ethiopian politician and military officer (1941–2022)
Lieutenant Colonel
Fisseha Desta
ፍስሃ ደስታ
Vice President of Ethiopia
In office 10 September 1987 – 26 April 1991
President
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Tesfaye Gebre Kidan
Member of the Central Committee of COPWE
In office 1979–1984
Personal details
Born
(1941-04-21)21 April 1941 Adwa, Italian East Africa (now Tigray, Ethiopia)
Died
7 May 2022(2022-05-07) (aged 81) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Political party
Workers' Party of Ethiopia 1984–1991
Military service
Allegiance
Ethiopian Empire Derg
Branch/service
Ethiopian Army
Years of service
1961-1991
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit
First Division Third Division
Battles/wars
Eritrean War of Independence Ethiopian Civil War
Fisseha Desta (Tigrinya: ፍስሃ ደስታ; 21 April 1941 – 7 May 2022)[1] was an Ethiopian military officer and politician who was the first vice president of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991.
^"ኣብ እዋን ደርግ ምኽትል ፕረዚደንት ዝነበሩ ሌ/ኮሎኔል ፍስሃ ደስታ ዓሪፎም". BBC News ትግርኛ (in Tigrinya). Retrieved 7 May 2022.
FissehaDesta (Tigrinya: ፍስሃ ደስታ; 21 April 1941 – 7 May 2022) was an Ethiopian military officer and politician who was the first vice president of Ethiopia...
as well as a member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). FissehaDesta – Vice President of Ethiopia Freweini Mebrahtu – the 2019 CNN Hero of...
of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Abay Tsehaye, politician. FissehaDesta, Vice President Abuna Yesehaq, leader of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo...
Fikre Selassie Wogderess Hailu Yimenu Tesfaye Dinka Vice President FissehaDesta (1987–1991) Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1991) Preceded by Himself as Chairman...
April 1991 – 21 May 1991 President Mengistu Haile Mariam Preceded by FissehaDesta Succeeded by Post abolished Minister of Defense In office January 1980 –...
Bikila, professional athlete and member of the 5th Infantry Regiment. FissehaDesta, first Vice President of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991. Tilahun Gessesse...
Tefera Tekleab of the Engineering Corps, Major FissehaDesta of the elite Kebur Zabangna, Girma Fisseha of the Army Aviation, and Captain Sisay Hapte of...
Position Image Name Took office Left office President Vice President Col. FissehaDesta Sept 1987 Apr 1991 Mengistu Haile Mariam Vice President Lt.-Gen. Tesfaye...
Eshete (1864–1952), first Ethiopian to be educated as a medical doctor Fisseha Adugna Abiy Ahmed Aman Mikael Andom Andualem Aragie (born 1972), Vice President...
politician and trade union activist, MP (1987–1998), MEP (1998–2004). FissehaDesta, 81, Ethiopian military officer and politician, vice president (1987–1991)...
machete while trying to separate them from a man who had been lit on fire. Fisseha Tekle was the Amnesty International researcher who first reported this...
ignored this dynasty on his version of the regnal list. Ethiopian historian Fisseha Yaze Kassa, in his book Ethiopia's 5,000-year history, completely omitted...
was the son of an Orthodox priest, Abba Alemayehu Solomon and his mother, Desta Alemu. He grew up with his mother. As a boy, he began his education within...
Global Information
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Derg