Lia Tadesse
{{Short description|Ethiopian politician (born 1976)}}
{{Patronymic name|Lia|Tadesse|her}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lia Tadesse
| office2 = State Minister of Health of Ethiopia
| president2 = Sahle-Work Zewde
| primeminister2 = Abiy Ahmed
| termstart2 = November 2018
| termend2 = March 2020
| office1 = Minister of Health
| president1 = Sahle-Work Zewde
| primeminister1 = Abiy Ahmed
| predecessor1 = Amir Aman
| termstart1 = 12 March 2020
| termend1 = 8 February 2024
| successor1 = Mekdes Daba
| native_name = ሊያ ታደሰ
| native_name_lang = Ge'ez
| nationality = Ethiopian
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1976}}
| birth_place = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| alma_mater = Jimma University
Addis Ababa University
| party = Prosperity Party
| education =
| image = EU2024BE 240206 Lia Tadesse.jpg
| caption = Lia Tadesse in 2024
| awards = Next Generation Award of Harvard School
}}
Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin ({{langx|am|ሊያ ታደሰ ገብረመድኅን}}; born 1976){{Cite news |last= |first= |date=24 November 2016 |title=Dr. Lia Tadesse, A women committed to improving health care delivery system |url= |access-date= |work=www.ethio-jobs.et}} is an Ethiopian physician who served as the Minister of Health from 12 March 2020 until 8 February 2024.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-26 |title=Minister Lia Tadesse - ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF |url=https://ejscenter.org/ejs-covid-19/minister-lia-tadesse/ |access-date=2023-12-26 |language=en-US}} Prior to her appointment, Lia served as State Minister of Health from November 2018.{{Cite web|date=2020-10-13|title=Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin|url=http://www.healthdata.org/about/lia-tadesse-gebremedhin|access-date=2020-12-30|website=Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation|language=en}} She also served as an Executive Director at the University of Michigan's Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as a CEO and Vice Provost in St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) in Addis Ababa and as a Project Director of USAID's Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) at Jhpiego-Ethiopia.
Early life
Lia was born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She went to Miskaye Hizunan Medhanealem School for her elementary school studies and completed her secondary school at Etege Menen Secondary School with a great distinction, and joined Jimma University to study Medicine; she was among the four eligible female students to enroll. Lia earned a medical degree, and also has taken a specialty training in obstetrics and gynecology from Addis Ababa University, and a Master of Science in health care administration from Jimma University, where she earned medical degree. Because her father was an entomologist (Doctor of Philosophy of Entomology) and her mother was a teacher, from a young age she had a strong interest in becoming a Doctor of Medicine.{{Cite web|title=Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin Authors {{!}} Devex|url=https://www.devex.com/news/authors/lia-t-1168963|access-date=2020-12-30|website=www.devex.com}}
Career
Lia served as the CEO and Vice Provost of St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa Ethiopia for seven consecutive years since 2007. Prior to this, she was a senior obstetrician and gynecologist at the Federal Police Referral Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.{{Cite web|title=Former Ethiopia hospital CEO named to lead global center for women's health {{!}} Michigan Medicine|url=https://www.uofmhealth.org/news/archive/201509/Dr-Lia|access-date=2020-12-30|website=www.uofmhealth.org}} She served over 20 years in the Health Sector. Lia has been the program director for Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for three years since August 2015 and was a Project Director of Maternal and Child Survival Project at Jhpiego-Ethiopia for almost a year before that. In November 2018, Lia was appointed as a State Minister in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Health, and was promoted to Minister of Health in March 2020.{{Cite web|title=H.E Dr. Lia Tadesse {{!}} FMOH|url=http://www.moh.gov.et/ejcc/am/moh-minister|access-date=2020-12-30|website=www.moh.gov.et}} On 8 February 2024, Lia left the minister position and replaced by Mekdes Daba.{{Cite web |title=Ethiopia Appoints New Health Minister |url=https://ebc.et/english/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=5770 |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=ebc.et}}
Awards
According to Ethiopian News Agency, "[Lia] received the recognition award, Next Generation Award of Harvard School, for her strong contribution for enhancement of the health sector in Ethiopia and in other local and international organizations".{{Cite web|last=demoz|title=Dr. Lia Tadesse Wins Next Generation Award of Harvard School {{!}} Ethiopian News Agency|url=https://www.ena.et/en/?p=24854|access-date=2021-05-29|language=en-US}}
References
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{{cite news | title= Ethiopia's first women attorney general confirmed in the parliament | date= 2020-03-12 |newspaper= Borkena | url= https://borkena.com/2020/03/12/ethiopias-first-women-attorney-general-confirmed-in-the-parliament/ |accessdate=2020-12-31 |archiveurl= https://archive.today/20201231012538/https://borkena.com/2020/03/12/ethiopias-first-women-attorney-general-confirmed-in-the-parliament/ |archivedate= 2020-12-31 |url-status=live }}
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Category:20th-century Ethiopian women
Category:21st-century Ethiopian women politicians
Category:21st-century Ethiopian politicians