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Birhanu Bekele
Berhanu or Birhanu is a male given name of Ethiopian origin that may refer to *Berhanu Alemu (born 1982), Ethiopian middle-distance runner *Birhanu Bayeh (born 1938), Ethiopian foreign minister during the Derg *Birhanu Bogale (born 1986), Ethiopian footballer *Berhanu Dinka (1935–2013), Ethiopian diplomat and economist *Birhan Getahun (born 1991), Ethiopian steeplechase runner * Berhanu Girma (born 1986), Ethiopian marathon runner *Berhanu Kebede (born 1956), Ethiopian ambassador *Berhanu Nega (born 1958), Ethiopian politician and Mayor of Addis Ababa *Berhanu Zerihun (1933/4–1987), Ethiopian writer *Dejene Berhanu (1980–2010), Ethiopian long-distance runner *Girma Berhanu (born 1960), Ethiopian cross country runner *Hilina Berhanu Degefa Hilina Berhanu Degefa (born 1992) is an Ethiopian women's rights activist and researcher. She is a co-founder of The Yellow Movement, a youth-led feminist advocacy and empowerment program based in Addis Ababa and Mekelle University. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhanu Alemu
Berhanu Alemu Feysa (; born 16 July 1982) is an Ethiopian former middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres. He competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics failing to advance to the final. His 800 metres personal best of 1:45.28 from 2004 is a former Ethiopian record, broken in 2011 by Mohammed Aman. Competition record Personal bests *800 metres – 1:45.28 (Bergen 2004) *1500 metres – 3:35.67 (Heusden-Zolder 2000) * One mile – 3:58.95 (Oslo 2002) Indoor *800 metres – 1:45.85 (Fayetteville 2004) *1000 metres – 2:19.39 (Erfurt 2001) *1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ... – 3:38.75 (Birmingham 2001) * One mile – 3:57.76 (New York 2007) External linksIAAF profile* 1982 births Living people Ethiopian male middle-distance run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birhanu Bayeh
Berhanu Beyeh (born 1938) is a former Ethiopian army officer and politician. He was Foreign Minister during the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1986–1989). Prior to that, he was chairman of the Derg's committee for legal affairs. Beyeh was a refugee resident of the Italian Embassy from May 1991 until December 2020, when he left the Embassy. Biography Berhanu was born in Gojjam and was of Amhara descent. In 1959 he entered Harar Military Academy as a cadet, and upon graduation was posted to the airborne division in Nazret. Two years later he attended Haile Selassie University, where he studied law. In 1967 he became a lecturer at Harar Military Academy. He joined the Armed Forces Coordination Committee in 1974. As a captain, Berhanu joined the Derg as the representative of the Military Academy, where he became chairman of the legal committee, and was promoted to Major in April 1976. In this new role, he toured a number of Arab countries in 1976 and stated they all supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birhanu Bogale
Birhanu Bogale ( am, ብርሁኑ ቦጋለ , born 27 February 1986) is an Ethiopian footballer. He currently plays for Dedebit FC and is a member of the Ethiopian national football team. Career Birhanu is left winger, and since 2010 plays for Dedebit FC. International career He has been part of the Ethiopia national football team The Ethiopia national football team, nicknamed ''ዋሊያ'', after the Walia, represents Ethiopia in men's international football and is controlled by the Ethiopian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Ethiopia. The team ... since 2007. He is on the list for 2013 African Nations Cup. References External links * * 1986 births Living people Ethiopia men's international footballers 2013 Africa Cup of Nations players Ethiopian footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players Ethiopia men's A' international footballers Men's association football wingers {{Ethiopia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhanu Dinka
Berhanu Dinka (; 4 June 1935 – 8 July 2013) was an Ethiopian diplomat. His distinguished diplomatic career spanned more than five decades, during which he held a number of senior portfolios in the Ethiopian Foreign Service, including as the first Ethiopian ambassador to Djibouti and as the permanent representative to the United Nations for Ethiopia, and as an official of the United Nations, including as Under-Secretary-General, Special Envoy for Sierra Leone, and Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Special Representative for the Great Lakes region and for Burundi. Early life and education Berhanu was born in the former Welega Province of the Ethiopian Empire, on 4 June 1935. Educated in Ethiopia and the United States, he earned degrees in economics and politics. He held a Master of International Studies from American University in Washington, D.C., a certificate in policy analysis from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birhan Getahun
Birhan Getahun (born 5 September 1991 in Afar) is an Ethiopian runner. He competed in the 3000 m steeplechase event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the steeplechase champion at the 2011 All-Africa Games The 10th All-Africa Games took place between September 3–18, 2011 in Maputo, Mozambique. Maputo's hosting marked the third time the Games was held in the southern part of the continent. Host awarding In April 2005, Lusaka, Zambia was named t .... References External links * 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Afar Region Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics African Games gold medalists for Ethiopia African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 All-Africa Games 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhanu Girma
Berhanu Girma Degefa (born 22 November 1986) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events for Canada. His personal best for the marathon is 2:06:09 hours and he was the 2012 winner of Grandma's Marathon. Berhanu made his debut over the marathon distance in 2009, competing at the Casablanca Marathon and finishing fifth with a time of 2:15:57 hours. His next outing at the 2010 Valencia Marathon saw a three-minute improvement to 2:12:51 hours. He was also fifth at the Košice Peace Marathon that year. He fared less well in 2011, coming 19th at the Prague Marathon and 13th at the Twin Cities Marathon, barely managing to dip under two hours and twenty minutes that year.Berhanu Girma Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-10-22. Berhanu was only 20th at the 2012 |
Berhanu Kebede
Berhanu Kebede (born 11 April 1956) is an Ethiopian diplomat who is the current Chief of Staff at RJMEC – Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission for the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan. Early life and education Berhanu Kebede was born in Addis Ababa. He graduated in 1978 with a degree in economics from Addis Ababa University and continued his studies at the Free University of Brussels, earning M.A. degrees in Development Economics (1986) and in Management and Finance (1988). Career He joined the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1978, serving as Ethiopia/EEC Relations Desk Officer. In 1983 he was mandated to the Diplomatic Mission in Brussels, with the title of economist. Berhanu participated in negotiations leading to the 1981 and 1985 extensions of the Lomé Convention – an agreement concerning international aid and trade between the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and the European Union – as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhanu Nega
Berhanu Nega ( am, ብርሃኑ ነጋ; born 6 December 1958) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the current Ministry of Education (Ethiopia), Minister of Education of Ethiopia. He previously was the mayor elect of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the 2005 Ethiopian general elections. He is a founding chairman of the Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice and a Deputy Chairman of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), for whom he served as chief election campaign strategist. He is also the co-founder and leader of Ginbot 7 Movement for Justice, Freedom and Democracy, Ginbot 7, an anti-government rebel group. Until mid-2018, he was labelled a terrorist by the Ethiopian government. Early life Berhanu was born on 6 December 1958 in Debrezeit, the son of ''Ato'' Nega Bonger (d. 2021), a prominent businessman, and ''Woizero'' Abebech Woldegiorgis, the second-eldest of 12 children. He attended Addis Ababa University where he participated in the student movem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhanu Zerihun
Berhanu Zerihun (1933/4 – 1987) was a prolific Ethiopian writer in Amharic and journalist, noted for his clear and crisp writing style, which contrasted against the more complex writing style popular in his time. Early life Born in Gondar the son of an Orthodox Christian Priest, Zerihun Mersa, as a child Berhanu was not interested in sacred texts and devoted much of his spare time to reading new Ethiopian “secular” books. His first poem about a corrupt judge was published in the newspaper Yezareitu Ityopya (Today's Ethiopia). Berhanu enrolled in the Addis Ababa Technical School, alongside his studies, he was an editor of a school magazine and regularly contributed to newspapers. Career After graduating in 1956, Berhanu worked for a year as assistant shop master at the Technical School, and subsequently at the Mapping and Geography Institute for two years. He continued writing for newspapers. During Berhanu's career as a journalist, he was a deputy editor of Yezareitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dejene Berhanu
Dejene Berhanu (December 12, 1980 – August 29, 2010) was a male Ethiopian runner, who specialized in the 5000 metres. Berhanu finished 11th in the short race at the 2004 World Cross Country Championships and fifth in the 5000 at the Athens Olympics. He followed that up with a pair of strong finishes at the World Cross Country Championships the next year. Berhanu was seventh in the short race and sixth in the long race. He ran in the 5000 again at the World Championships at Helsinki, finishing eighth. In 2006, Berhanu turned to focus on the marathon. He eschewed cross country for the Rotterdam Marathon, where he finished fourth in a time of 2:08:46. He ran the Chicago Marathon in the fall as a last-minute replacement for favourite Felix Limo. Running with the leaders through the halfway mark in a blistering 63:15, Berhanu faded after 30 km and finished ninth in a time of 2:12:27. Death Berhanu committed suicide on August 29, 2010, in Ethiopia, at age 29.http://tsehai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girma Berhanu
Girma Berhanu (born 19 July 1960) is a retired Ethiopian cross country runner Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun .... Achievements References 1960 births Living people Ethiopian male long-distance runners Ethiopian male cross country runners 20th-century Ethiopian people 21st-century Ethiopian people {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilina Berhanu Degefa
Hilina Berhanu Degefa (born 1992) is an Ethiopian women's rights activist and researcher. She is a co-founder of The Yellow Movement, a youth-led feminist advocacy and empowerment program based in Addis Ababa and Mekelle University. She was a 2015 recipient of a Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, the youngest to receive the honor at the age of 22. Hilina is also a Women Deliver Young Leaders Fellow, class of 2020. She is the first Ethiopian civil society representative to brief the UN Security Council. Early life Hilina earned a bachelor's degree in Law from Addis Ababa University. She earned a master's degree in Law and Gender from SOAS, University of London (the School of Oriental and African Studies), where she was a Governance and Development in Africa scholar, funded by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. Career In 2011, Hilina was a co-founder of The Yellow Movement, a youth-led feminist movement along with law department faculty member, Blen Sahilu, and fello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |