Ethiopian politician; acting Prime Minister of Ethiopia in 1991
In this Ethiopian name, the name Dinka Yadessa is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Tesfaye.
Tesfaye Dinka
Prime Minister of Ethiopia Acting
In office 26 April 1991 – 6 June 1991
President
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Preceded by
Hailu Yimenu
Succeeded by
Tamrat Layne
Foreign Minister of Ethiopia
In office 1989–1991
Preceded by
Berhanu Bayeh
Succeeded by
Tesfaye Tadesse
Minister of Finance & Economic Development
In office 1983–1986
Preceded by
Teferra Wolde-Semait
Succeeded by
Bekele Tamirat
Personal details
Born
(1939-11-03)3 November 1939 Ambo, Italian East Africa (present-day Ambo, Ethiopia)
Died
(2016-12-06)6 December 2016 (aged 77) Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.
Alma mater
Syracuse University American University of Beirut
Tesfaye Dinka Yadessa (3 November 1939 – 6 December 2016) was an Ethiopian politician who was Minister of Finance (1983–1986),[1] Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1991), and Prime Minister (26 April–6 June 1991) of Ethiopia. He was the head of the delegation of the Ethiopian Government during the London Conference of 1991 which aimed to end the Ethiopian Civil War.
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