Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Service
In office 2001 – 7 June 2018
President
Negasso Gidada Girma Wolde-Giorgis Mulatu Teshome
Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi Hailemariam Desalegn Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by
Kinfe Gebremedhin
Succeeded by
Adem Mohammed
Personal details
Born
late 1940s Mekelle, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire
Political party
Tigray People's Liberation Front
Other political affiliations
EPRDF
Spouse
Selamawit Gebremeskel
Children
Yared Getachew Nahom Getachew Ruth Getachew
Getachew Assefa (Tigrinya: ጌታቸው አሰፋ) is an Ethiopian politician and senior member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). He had served as the Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) from 2001 until Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018.
During the Tigray War, Getachew has been subject of one of TPLF's fugitives by the Ethiopian government. Reports claim that he fled to Sudan or Eritrea to seek asylum and he was sanctioned by the US government for his alleged human rights violations in the war.
GetachewAssefa (Tigrinya: ጌታቸው አሰፋ) is an Ethiopian politician and senior member of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). He had served as the...
codes based on civil law in the 1950s according to Dolores Donovan and GetachewAssefa there are more than 60 systems of customary law currently in force...
government and refused to allow Ethiopian Federal Police to arrest GetachewAssefa, the former chief of the National Intelligence and Security Service...
Defense Force (ENDF) from 2019 to 2020. On 7 June 2018, Adem succeeded GetachewAssefa as the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) director....
Mekonnen, National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) director GetachewAssefa with Lieutenant General Adem Mohammed, National Security Advisor and...
Immigration In office 1995 – 13 May 2001 President Negasso Gidada Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Preceded by post established Succeeded by GetachewAssefa...
Retrieved 26 January 2020. Henderson, Jason (18 February 2023). "Senayet Getachew sprints to under-20 women's world cross title". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved...
Mekonnen, National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) director GetachewAssefa with General Adem Mohammed, and National Security Advisor and former...
runner Tigist Assefa won the race with a time of 2:15:37, setting a new course record in Berlin with her second marathon race. Assefa's time was also...
government of Tigray consists of the executive branch, led by the president, Getachew Reda; the legislative branch, which comprises the state council; and the...
drama series produced by Mesfin Getachew, Daniel Haile and Solomon Alemu, and is written by Tamiru Birhanu, Mesfin Getachew, Nebiyu Tekalegn, and Solomon...
champion, but she was subsequently disqualified for doping. Ghribi, Sofia Assefa and Chemos were all elevated one place as a result. Updated 5 September...
Our Common Future, 1987. p. 37. Gu, Zhenhong; Wennersten, Ronald; Assefa, Getachew (September 2006). "Analysis of the most widely used Building Environmental...
involved both conspiracies for terrorism and incitement to terrorism. TPLF’s Getachew Reda accused the opposition for alleged engagement and connection to terrorist...
Ambassadors". Fana Broadcasting Corporate. 24 December 2018. Metaferia, Getachew (2009). Ethiopia and the United States: History, Diplomacy, and Analysis...
November 2021. "Tigst Assefa Berlin Marathon 2023 Result". mikatiming.com. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023. "Tigst Assefa Berlin Marathon 2023...
to 3 March 2023 Debretsion Gebremichael TPLF 23 March 2023 to present Getachew Reda Kahsay TPLF Chief Administrator of the Interim Regional Administration...
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