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Foreign Minister · Ethiopia

Gedu Andargachew

6 recorded engagements, 2019–2020: 6 visits and 1 signed agreement.

Open in the interactive map Ethiopia country profile
6Engagements
6Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
1Signed agreements
3Destination countries
1Multilateral summits
2019–2020Years in LEAD

Biography

Ethiopian politician (born 1963)

Gedu Andargachew Alene (Amharic: ገዱ አንዳርጋቸው አለነ; born 13 August 1963) is an Ethiopian politician who has served as the National Security Affairs Advisor to the prime minister of Ethiopia from 4 November 2020 to 9 June 2022. He served as president of the Amhara Region from 2013 to 2019 and served as deputy president of the region and head of the agriculture bureau. He also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from April 2019 to November 2020.

== Life and career ==

Gedu Andargachew was born on 13 August 1963 in Wollo Province, Ethiopia. From 1979 to 1985, he attended at Chet Primary and Junior Secondary School in Amhara region and subsequently attended at Wogel-Tena Secondary Comprehensive School, from 1987-1989. From 1998 to 2001, he held Bachelor degree in development administration from Ethiopian Civil Service University in Addis Ababa.

Before graduating by Masters of Arts degree from Azusa Pacific University in May 2007, Gedu studied in organizational leadership studies.

Gedu was first selected in 2013 to replace Ayalew Gobeze, and was successively reelected by the regional legislature in 2015 and 2018. He resigned on 8 March 2019 for he reasons that were unclear, though in his...

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Where they travelled

Ethiopia   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America4
  • Italy1
  • Sudan1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations4
  • International Conflicts and Crises4
  • Energy3
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity3
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs1
  • Environment and Climate Change1
  • Development and Aid1
  • Trade and Economic Relations1
  • Security and Defense1

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
2019-09-23United States of AmericaVisa waiver agreement with Indonesia

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2019-09-23 – 2019-09-27Visit SummitUnited States of America · New YorkAgreement signedVisa waiver agreement with Indonesia
2019-11-06VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2019-12-09VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2020-01-28 – 2020-01-30VisitUnited States of America · Washington
2020-02-25 – 2020-02-27VisitItaly · Rome
2020-09-30 – 2020-10-01VisitSudan · Khartoum

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Gedu Andargachew leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/gedu-andargachew.html]