Workneh Gebeyehu

Workneh Gebeyehu Negewo is an Ethiopian politician. In September 2012, he was appointed Ministry of Transport and he has served as an elected member of Addis Ababa City Council.

Career

He studied BA in Political Science and International Relations and MA in International Relations at Addis Ababa University. He has been a member of Oromo People's Democratic Organization and EPRDF since 1991 and an executive member of both parties since 2012 and commissioner general of the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission from 2001 to 2012. Since 1 November 2016 he had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs following a cabinet reshuffle, succeeding Tedros Adhanom, before he was appointed the 6th Executive Secretary of IGAD in November 2019.