Seleshi Bekele
{{short description|Ethiopian politician}}
{{Patronymic name|Seleshi|Bekele|his}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Seleshi Bekele
| native_name = ስለሺ በቀለ
| native_name_lang = Amharic
| image = File:Seleshi.jpg
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| office = Ambassador of Ethiopia to the US
| term_start = 6 May 2022
| term_end = 26 May 2024
| predecessor =
| successor = Lencho Bati
| office1 = Chief Negotiator & Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD
| term_start1 = 7 October 2021
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Post established
| successor1 =
| president1 = Sahle-Work Zewde
| primeminister1 = Abiy Ahmed
| office2 = Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy
| term_start2 = 16 October 2018
| term_end2 = 6 October 2021
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = Habtamu Itefa
| primeminister2 = Abiy Ahmed
| president2 = Mulatu Teshome
Sahle-Work Zewde
| office3 = Senior Water and Climate Specialist at UNECA
| term_start3 = December 2010
| term_end3 = March 2014
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| primeminister3 =
| nationality = Ethiopian
| birth_date = 1960s
| birth_place = Ethiopia
| party = Prosperity Party
| otherparty =
| alma_mater = Addis Ababa University{{small|(B.Sc)}}
Newcastle University{{small|(M.Sc)}}
TU Dresden{{small|(Ph.D.)}}
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Seleshi Bekele ({{langx|am|ስለሺ በቀለ}}) is an Ethiopian politician and academic who served as the Chief Negotiator and Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD at Office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2021 and ambassador of Ethiopia to the US from 2022 to 2024. Prior to this position, He served as the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia from 2018 to 2021.{{cite news |title=ኢንጅነር አይሻ መሃመድ የሃገር መከላከያ ሚኒስትር ሆነው ተሾሙ |url=https://www.bbc.com/amharic/45874565 |website=BBC News አማርኛ |language=am}}
Education
He has obtained his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Addis Ababa University in 1987. He also obtained Masters of Science in Hydraulic Engineer in 1992 from Newcastle University and Ph.D. from Technical University of Dresden in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering in 2001.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdu.edu.et/content/dr-seleshi-bekele-awulachew-0 |title=Dr. Seleshi Bekele Awulachew |publisher=Bahir Dar University}}
Career
Seleshi is known for actively participating in the tri-lateral negotiations with Sudan and Egypt in regards to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).{{cite web |title=U.N. Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/un-security-council-backs-au-bid-broker-ethiopia-dam-deal-2021-07-08/ |website=Reuters |date=8 July 2021}} In this regards, he is the first Minister of Water to appear before the U.N. Security Council representing Ethiopia's Standpoint about GERD. On 6 May 2022, he was appointed as ambassador of Ethiopia to the US which lasted until 26 May 2024 for the sake of pursuing his private career.{{Cite web |last=Dawit |first=Kidus |date=2024-05-26 |title=Ethiopian Ambassador To Washington Resigns From Post, Public Service |url=https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/40178/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=www.thereporterethiopia.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Account |date=2022-05-07 |title=Seleshi Bekele Ethiopia's New Ambassador to the United States |url=https://borkena.com/2022/05/06/seleshi-bekele-ethiopias-new-ambassador-to-the-united-states/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=Borkena Ethiopian News |language=en-US}}
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Category:Ethiopian political people
Category:21st-century Ethiopian politicians
Category:Addis Ababa University alumni
Category:Government ministers of Ethiopia
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Alumni of Newcastle University
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