Mulu Nega Kahsay (born 15 November 1967) is an Ethiopian academic and politician. Mulu Nega was one of the federal Ethiopian State Ministers of Science and Education in 2020. In November 2020 during the

Tigray conflict The Tigray War; ; . was an armed conflict that lasted from 3 November 2020 to 3 November 2022. The war was primarily fought in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia between the Ethiopian federal government and Eritrea on one side, and the Tigray Peop ...

, the

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appointed Mulu Nega to replace

Debretsion Gebremichael Debretsion Gebremichael ( ti, ደብረጽዮን ገብረሚካኤል, pronunciation: ) is an Ethiopian politician and current president of the Tigray Region and chairman of Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). His position as titular head ...

, chief executive of

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, with Mulu Nega becoming chief executive of the

Transitional Government of Tigray The Transitional Government of Tigray was a caretaker administration that was formally declared by the House of Federation of Ethiopia on 7 November 2020, in the context of a conflict between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in po ...

. He held the position through to May 2021.

Childhood and education

Mulu was born on . He obtained his PhD from the

University of Twente The University of Twente (Dutch: ''Universiteit Twente''; , abbr. ) is a public technical university located in Enschede, Netherlands. The university has been placed in the top 170 universities in the world by multiple central ranking tables. ...

in 2012, with a thesis titled, "Quality and quality assurance in Ethiopian higher education: critical issues and practical implications".

Research and teaching

Mulu was appointed assistant professor at Institute of Educational Research at

Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa University (AAU) ( am, አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) is a national university located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the oldest university in Ethiopia. AAU has thirteen campuses. Twelve of these are situated in Addis Ababa, ...

in 2002.

Politics

Mulu became State Minister of Science and Higher Education in Ethiopia on 6 May 2020. During the

in November 2020, Mulu Nega was appointed as chief executive of the

by the

to replace

of the

Tigray People's Liberation Front The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF; ti, ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ, lit=Popular Struggle for the Freedom of Tigray), also called the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, is a left-wing ethnic nationalist paramilitar ...

as President of the

. He appeared publicly on 11 February, after holding talks with Ahunna Eziakonwa of the

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on cooperation in reconstructing Tigray Region, in his role as head of the transitional government.

Personal life

Mulu is married and has three children.

Bibliography

* ''Current Issues in Ethiopian Private Higher Educational Institutions: Opportunities and Challenges''

References

Ethiopian political people Tigray Region Living people 1967 births {{Ethiopia-politician-stub