Gedu Andargachew () is an

Ethiopian Ethiopians are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia, as well as the global diaspora of Ethiopia. Ethiopians constitute several component ethnic groups, many of which are closely related to ethnic groups in neighboring Eritrea and other parts of ...

politician who currently is the National Security Affairs Advisor to the

prime minister of Ethiopia The Prime Minister of Ethiopia is the head of government and Chief executive (gubernatorial), Chief Executive of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a parliamentary republic with a Prime Minister as head of the government and the Commander-in-Chief of the Et ...

since 4 November 2020. He served as president of the

Amhara Region The Amhara Region ( am, አማራ ክልል, Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (), is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara people. Its capital is Bahir Dar which is the seat of the Reg ...

from 2013 to 2019 and served as deputy president of the region and head of the agriculture bureau. He also served as the

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

from April 2019 to November 2020. Gedu was first selected in 2013 to replace

Ayalew Gobeze Ayalew is a personal name, following the Habesha name system, of Ethiopian and Eritrean origin. Notable people with the name include: *Ayalew Birru (1892–1945), Ethiopian military officer *Aweke Ayalew (born 1993), Bahraini middle-distance and lo ...

, and was successively reelected by the regional legislature in 2015 and 2018. He resigned on 8 March 2019 for he reasons that were unclear, though in his farewell address he warned of rising inter-ethnic tensions with the

Tigray Region The Tigray Region, officially the Tigray National Regional State, is the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia. The Tigray Region is the homeland of the Tigrayan, Irob, and Kunama people. Its capital and largest city is Mekelle. Tigray is ...

. He was replaced by

Ambachew Mekonnen Ambachew Mekonnen ( gez, አምባቸው መኮንን; – 22 June 2019) was an Ethiopian politician and economist who served as the president of the Amhara Region of Ethiopia from March to June 2019, when he was assassinated in a Amhara Region ...

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Living people Presidents of Amhara Region 21st-century Ethiopian politicians Foreign ministers of Ethiopia People from Amhara Region Year of birth missing (living people) Government ministers of Ethiopia {{Ethiopia-politician-stub