Getahun Garedew
{{short description|Ethiopian politician}}
{{Patronymic name|Getahun Garedew or Getahun|Garedew|his}}
{{infobox officeholder
| office1 = Wolaita Sodo University Natural Resources Management
| title1 = Academic Dean
| status1 =
| appointer1 =
| termstart1 = 2009
| termend1 = 2016
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| predecessor2 = Asrat Tera
| successor2 = Dagato Kumbe
| office2 = Wolayita Zone Administration Office
| title2 = Chief Administrator
| termstart2 = July 2018
| termend2 = November 2018
| office3 = SNNPR Education Bureau
| title3 = Bureau Head
| appointer3 =
| termstart3 = November 2018
| termend3 = June 2022
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| office4 = Ministry of Education
| title4 = State Minister
| termstart4 = June 2022
| predecessor4 =
| termend4 = November 2022
| office5 = Ethiopian Environmental Protection Authority
| title5 = Director General
| termstart5 = December 2022
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| termend5 =
| alma_mater = University of South Africa
Addis Ababa University
| nationality = Ethiopian
| residence = Ethiopia
| party =
| image = File:Getahun Garedew putting foundation stone of Motolomi.jpg
| width = 190px
}}
Getahun Garedew Wodaje is Ethiopian politician serving as Director general of FDRE environmental protection authority. Getahun is from Wolaita people and he served as Wolayita Zone chief administrator in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethiopianreporter.com/58021/|title=የወላይታ ዞን ባለሥልጣናት የጠቅላይ ሚኒስትሩን ጥሪ ተቀብለው ከኃላፊነት ለቀቁ|website=www.ethiopianreporter.com}}
Career
From 2009 to 2016 Getahun served in different capacities at Wolaita Sodo University, including as assistant professor, Academic Dean, Academic Programs Officer and Department Head for Natural Resources Management. Later July 2018 to November of the same year he worked as chief administrator of Wolayita Zone.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ena.et/web/amh/w/am_13746|title= ዶክተር ጌታሁን ጋረደው የወላይታ ዞን ዋና አስተዳደሪ ሆነው ተመረጡ|website=www.ena.et}} Getahun served as the State Minister of the Ministry of Education from June 2022 to November 2022.{{Cite news|url=http://www.moe.gov.et/ViewNews/129|title=የትምህርት ብርሃን ምዘና መመሪያን ወደ ክልሎች ለማውረድ እየተሰራ መሆኑን የትምህርት ሚኒስቴር አስታወቀ|website=www.moe.gov.et}} With the Rank of the vice-president, he had also led the Regional Education Bureau of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region for four years starting from 2018. Now, Getahun Garedew is working as Director General of Environmental Protection Authority of Ethiopia since 2022.{{Cite news|url=https://www.fanabc.com/archives/113719/|title=ለተፈጥሮ ሀብት ህልውና አደገኛ የሆኑ አረሞችን ለማጥፋት የሁሉም አካላት ርብርብ ያስፈልጋል – የኢትዮጵያ አካባቢ ጥበቃ ባለስልጣን|website=www.fanabc.com}}
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Category:21st-century Ethiopian politicians