Addisu Legesse

Addisu Legesse is an Ethiopian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 2000 to 2010. He was formerly the chairman of the Amhara Democratic Party (ADP), the Amhara region branch of the ruling EPRDF from 1992, a position from which he retired in 2010. He was also President of the Amhara Region from 1992 until 2000 and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development until 2008.^[1] He then served as chairman of Ethiopian Airlines.^[2] He was a head of the Meles Zenawi Academy, a quasi educational institution that is designed to train future EPRDF cadres in the ideology of Zenawism.^[3]

Addisu Legesse
አዲሱ ለገሰ
Chairman of the Amhara Democratic Party
In office 1992–2010
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Demeke Mekonnen
Chief Administrator of Amhara Region
In office 1992–2000
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Ayalew Gobeze
Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia
In office 2001 – 1 September 2010
Preceded by	post established
Succeeded by	Hailemariam Desalegn
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
In office 2000–2008
Preceded by	Tefera Deribew
Succeeded by	Girma Amente
Personal details
Political party	Amhara Democratic Party
Other political affiliations	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement