Haile Fida

Haile Fida
Haaylee Fidaa
Chairman of the All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement
In office
Late 1960  14 July 1977
Chairman of the Provisional Office for Mass Organizational Affairs
In office
2 December 1975  14 July 1977
Personal details
Bornc. (1939-04-04)4 April 1939
Arjo, Galla-Sidamo, Italian East Africa (now Oromia Region, Ethiopia)
Diedc. 4 April 1979(1979-04-04) (aged 40)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Political partyAll-Ethiopia Socialist Movement
Alma materInstitut Universitaire de France
Addis Ababa University
General Wingate Secondary School

Haile Fida (Amharic: ኃይሌ ፊዳ, Oromo: Haaylee Fidaa, c. 4 April 1939 – c. 4 April 1979) was an Ethiopian politician and the leader of the All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement (popularly known as "MEISON", after its Amharic abbreviation መኢሶን). His most significant accomplishment was drafting the Program for the National Democratic Revolution on behalf of the Derg.