Tesfaye Dinka

Tesfaye Dinka
Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Acting
In office
26 April 1991 – 6 June 1991
PresidentMengistu Haile Mariam
Preceded byHailu Yimenu
Succeeded byTamrat Layne
Foreign Minister of Ethiopia
In office
1989–1991
Preceded byBerhanu Bayeh
Succeeded byTesfaye Tadesse
Minister of Finance & Economic Development
In office
1983–1986
Preceded byTeferra Wolde-Semait
Succeeded byBekele 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 materSyracuse University
American University of Beirut

Tesfaye Dinka Yadessa (Amharic: ተስፋዬ ዲንቃ ያደሳ; 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.

  1. ^ "Historical Background". June 4, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.