Hailu Kebede (politician)

Hailu Kebede
ሃይሉ ከበደ
Head of Foreign Affairs of Salsay Weyane Tigray
Personal details
BornTogogwa, Tigray Region
Political party Salsay Weyane Tigray
Occupation
  • civil engineer
  • politician

Hailu Kebede (Tigrinya: ሃይሉ ከበደ) is foreign affairs head of Salsay Weyane Tigray, an opposition party in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Native from Togogwa, he publicly denounced the Togogwa bombing during the Tigray War and alerted the international media Hailu Kebede was arrested in Addis Ababa by the Ethiopian authorities on 13 August 2021. He is as a political prisoner as of 16 August 2021.