Berhanu Bayeh | |
|---|---|
| ብርሃኑ ባይህ | |
| Foreign Minister of Ethiopia | |
| In office 1986–1989 | |
| President | Mengistu Haile Mariam |
| Preceded by | Goshu Wolde |
| Succeeded by | Tesfaye Dinka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1938 (age 85–86) Amhara Governorate, Italian East Africa (present-day Ethiopia) |
| Political party | Workers' Party of Ethiopia |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Ethiopian Empire  Derg |
| Branch/service | Ethiopian Army |
| Years of service | 1959–1991 |
| Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
| Battles/wars | Eritrean War of Independence Ethiopian Civil War |
Berhanu Bayeh (Amharic: ብርሃኑ ባይህ; born October 5, 1935[1]) is an Ethiopian former military officer and politician. He was the Foreign Minister of Ethiopia during the Derg regime from 1986 to 1989. Prior to that, he was chairman of the Derg's committee for legal affairs.[2] Bayeh was a refugee resident of the Italian Embassy from May 1991 until December 2020, when he left the embassy.[3]
- ^ Berhanu Bayeh, ያልታሰበው የሕይወቴ ፈታኝ ጉዞ እና የኢትዮጵያ አብዮት ተሳትፎዬ (Addis Ababa: Academy of Ethiopian Sciences Press, 2021), p. 2
- ^ Marina and David Ottaway, Ethiopia: Empire in Revolution (New York: Africana, 1978), p. 134 n. 10
- ^ "Ethiopian war criminals able to leave Italian embassy after nearly 30 years". CNN. 2020-12-30. Archived from the original on 2023-06-26.