Berhanu Bayeh

Berhanu Bayeh
ብርሃኑ ባይህ
Foreign Minister of Ethiopia
In office
1986–1989
PresidentMengistu Haile Mariam
Preceded byGoshu Wolde
Succeeded byTesfaye Dinka
Personal details
Born1938 (age 85–86)
Amhara Governorate, Italian East Africa (present-day Ethiopia)
Political partyWorkers' Party of Ethiopia
Military service
Allegiance Ethiopian Empire
Ethiopia Derg
Branch/serviceEthiopian Army
Years of service1959–1991
RankLieutenant colonel
Battles/warsEritrean 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]

  1. ^ Berhanu Bayeh, ያልታሰበው የሕይወቴ ፈታኝ ጉዞ እና የኢትዮጵያ አብዮት ተሳትፎዬ (Addis Ababa: Academy of Ethiopian Sciences Press, 2021), p. 2
  2. ^ Marina and David Ottaway, Ethiopia: Empire in Revolution (New York: Africana, 1978), p. 134 n. 10
  3. ^ "Ethiopian war criminals able to leave Italian embassy after nearly 30 years". CNN. 2020-12-30. Archived from the original on 2023-06-26.