Beyene Petros
Beyene Petros | |
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በየነ ጴጥሮስ | |
| Professor of Biology at Addis Ababa University | |
| In office 1979 – 17 September 2024 | |
| Member of the House of Peoples' Representatives | |
| In office 1995–2018 | |
| Constituency | Badawacho Shone constituency |
| Advisor of the Government Privatization Advisory Council | |
| In office 3 August 2018 – 17 September 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 March 1950 Kaffa Province, Ethiopian Empire (present-day Hadiya, Central Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia) |
| Died | 17 September 2024 (aged 74) |
| Political party | |
| Children | 4 |
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Beyene Petros (Amharic: በየነ ጴጥሮስ; 11 March 1950 – 17 September 2024) was an Ethiopian politician and educator who was the Professor of Biology at Addis Ababa University and a former member of the Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives, representing an electoral district in Badawacho of Hadiya Zone. He was the chairman of one of the largest opposition political parties in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Forum Medrek.