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Foreign Minister · Ethiopia

Workneh Gebeyehu

14 recorded engagements, 2017–2019: 14 visits.

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14Engagements
14Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
0Signed agreements
9Destination countries
2Multilateral summits
2017–2019Years in LEAD

Biography

Ethiopian politician (born 1968)

Workneh Gebeyehu Negewo (Oromo: Warqinaa Gabayyoo; Amharic: ወርቅነህ ገበየሁ, born 16 July 1968) is an Ethiopian politician. In September 2012, he was appointed Ministry of Transport and he has served as an elected member of Addis Ababa City Council.

== Career ==

He studied BA in Political Science and International Relations (1991) and MA in International Relations (2006) at Addis Ababa University. He has been a member of Oromo People's Democratic Organization and EPRDF (Since 2019 the Prosperity Party) since 1991 and an executive member of both parties since 2012 and commissioner general of the Ethiopian Federal Police Commission from 2001 to 2012. Since 1 November 2016 he had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs following a cabinet reshuffle, succeeding Tedros Adhanom, before he was appointed the 6th Executive Secretary of IGAD in November 2019.

== See also ==

List of foreign ministers in 2017

List of current foreign ministers

== References ==

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Where they travelled

Ethiopia   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America4
  • Egypt2
  • Djibouti2
  • Russia1
  • Sudan1
  • Norway1
  • Finland1
  • Denmark1
  • Switzerland1

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations10
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs7
  • Trade and Economic Relations5
  • Peace and Security3
  • International Conflicts and Crises3
  • Development and Aid3
  • Security and Defense2

Activity by year

2017: 5 engagements2018: 6 engagements2019: 3 engagements20172019

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2017-01-10VisitUnited States of America · New York
2017-04-19VisitEgypt · Cairo
2017-04-28VisitUnited States of America · New York
2017-06-25 – 2017-06-27VisitRussia · Moscow
2017-09-21VisitUnited States of America · New York
2018-01-14VisitSudan · Khartoum
2018-01-16 – 2018-01-18VisitEgypt · Cairo
2018-06-04 – 2018-06-05VisitNorway · Oslo
2018-06-05VisitFinland · Helsinki
2018-06-06 – 2018-06-07VisitDenmark · Copenhagen
2018-09-18 – 2018-09-28Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2019-01-22Visit SummitSwitzerland · Davos
2019-01-29 – 2019-01-31VisitDjibouti · Djibouti City
2019-02-26 – 2019-02-27VisitDjibouti · Djibouti City

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 [Workneh Gebeyehu leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/workneh-gebeyehu.html]