Getachew Reda
Getachew Reda | |
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ጌታቸው ረዳ | |
Getachew Reda in September 2023 | |
| Minister Advisor for East African Affairs | |
| Assumed office 11 April 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| Chief Administrator of the Interim Regional Administration of Tigray | |
| In office 23 March 2023 – 8 April 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Debretsion Gebremichael Abraham Belay |
| Succeeded by | Tadesse Werede |
| Spokesperson for the Tigray People's Liberation Front | |
| In office 2020–2024 | |
| Minister of Communication Affairs | |
| In office 2012 – 1 November 2016 | |
| President | Mulatu Teshome |
| Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi Hailemariam Desalegn |
| Preceded by | Bereket Simon |
| Succeeded by | Negeri Lencho |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1974 (age 50–51) Alamata, Wollo Province, Ethiopian Empire (present-day Alamata, Tigray Region, Ethiopia) |
| Political party | [ (formerly)[Tigray People's Liberation Front]] Tigray Liberal Democratic Party (since 2025) |
| Education | Addis Ababa University (LL.B) Alabama University (LL.M) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Tigray |
| Branch | Tigray Defense Forces |
| Conflicts | Tigray War |
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Getachew Reda Kahsay (Tigrinya and Amharic: ጌታቸው ረዳ ካሕሳይ; born June 1974) is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the Minister Advisor for East African Affairs. Before this role, he served as the Chief Administrator of the Interim Regional Administration of Tigray, following his appointment by the Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia on 23 March 2023. Before assuming power as chief administrator, he was a longtime advisor to the former president of the Tigray Region, Debretsion Gebremichael.
Getachew was also an executive committee member and the spokesperson for the Tigray People's Liberation Front.
Getachew was the Minister of Government Communications Affairs in Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn's federal government of Ethiopia until 2016.