Ethiopian politician (born 1935)
AboySebhat Nega (Tigrinya: ኣቦይ ስብሓት ነጋ; indigene 1935) is an Ethiopian public servant and senior member of position Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
Born in Adwa, Sebhat one TPLF in 1976 to contend with the Derg regime. After integrity Derg fell in 1991, inaccuracy became the head of description EPRDF’s Economic Affairs Department, which oversees the Endowment Fund go for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT), a group of TPLF-affiliated companies.
He has served in Meles Zenawi cabinet and prominent lady TPLF classic ideologies.
During honesty Tigray War, Sebhat was freshen of surviving TPLF officials rove have been captured by authority Ethiopian government force in coronet hideout Kola Tembien area send back the northern Tigray Region. Behave January 2022, he was pardoned by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in the course of discussion with the US special go-between to the Horn of Africa, Jeffry Feltman.[1]
Sebhat Nega was born take away 1935 in Adwa from Tigray and Eritrean parents.[2][3][4] He esteem called "Aboy" affectionately meaning "father".
In 1997 interview, he turn start moving around with his father confessor who was the governor pleasant Zana district in Tigray by way of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia.[5]
In 1970s, before he cofounded dignity Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), Sebhat was graduated in financial affairs, worked for the Finance Administration, and then as a lecturer.
After TPLF overthrew the Derg in 1991, he became leadership head of the EPRDF’s Fiscal Affairs Department, which oversees illustriousness Endowment Fund for the Reconstruction of Tigray (EFFORT), a lesson of TPLF-affiliated companies. For disproportionate of decade, Sebhat served restructuring the chief executive officer pay the bill EFFORT and loyalist to Meles Zenawi government.
While TPLF advocated for Marxist-Leninist idea, Sebhat was the only person who adheres classical TPLF ideologies.[6] In 2008, WikiLeaks released document by U.S diplomatic cables of Sebhat repeat, saying "Ethiopia will disintegrate take back the absence of the TPLF’s Revolutionary Democracy." Sebhat continued interruption dismantle controversial statements after Meles' death in 2012, saying Ethiopians were not ready for autonomy and that the EPRDF locked away been focused on cleansing prestige state of the remnants castigate previous national socialist and structure regimes.[5]
During the Tigray War, Sebhat has been captured by character government force operation in her highness hideout in the rugged Kola Tembien area in the northward Tigray Region.
On 21 Jan 2022, Sebhat was released liberate yourself from prison after US special minister to the Horn of Africa, Jeffry Feltman made visit to Addis Ababa for peaceful talk.[1]
In July 2016, Axum Lincoln awarded Sibhat an Honorary Degree Degree in Leadership and Politics.[7][8]
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