Seleshi Bekele

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Seleshi Bekele (Amharic: ስለሺ በቀለ) is an Ethiopian politician and academic who served as the Chief Negotiator and Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD at Office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Prior to this position, He served as the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia.

Seleshi Bekele
ስለሺ በቀለ
Chief Negotiator & Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 October 2021
President	Sahle-Work Zewde
Prime Minister	Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by	Post established
Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy
In office 16 October 2018 – 6 October 2021
President	Mulatu Teshome Sahle-Work Zewde
Prime Minister	Abiy Ahmed
Succeeded by	Habtamu Itefa
Senior Water and Climate Specialist at UNECA
In office December 2010 – March 2014
Personal details
Born	1960s Ethiopia
Political party	Prosperity Party
Alma mater	Addis Ababa University(B.Sc) Newcastle University(M.Sc) TU Dresden(Ph.D.)

Education

He has obtained his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Addis Ababa University in 1987. He also obtained Masters of Science in Hydraulic Engineer in 1992 from Newcastle University and Ph.D. from Technical University of Dresden in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering in 2001.

Career

Seleshi is known for actively participating in the tri-lateral negotiations with Sudan and Egypt in regards to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). In this regards, he is the first Minister of Water to appear before the U.N. Security Council representing Ethiopia's Standpoint about GERD.