Background
Berhanu Kebede was born in Addis Ababa.
Berhanu Kebede was born in Addis Ababa.
He graduated in 1978 with a degree in economics from Addis Ababa University and continued his studies at the Free University of Brussels, earning Master of Arts
He was appointed in March 2006. degrees in Development Economics (1986) and in Management and Finance (1988). He joined the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1978, serving as Ethiopia/European Economic Community Relations Desk Officer. In 1983 he transferred to the Diplomatic Mission in Brussels, with the title of economist.
Berhanu participated in negotiations leading to the 1981 and 1985 extensions of the Lomé Convention – an agreement concerning international aid and trade between the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and the European Union – as well as participating in the committees that managed this convention.
In 1992 Berhanu returned to Addis Ababa to lead the Western European Division at the Ministry at the rank of Counselor, before taking on the role of Acting Director General for International Organisation and Economic Cooperation in 1993. On 7 December 2000, he was appointed the Ethiopian ambassador to Russia.
In February 2002, he was appointed Ambassador of Ethiopia to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, the position he held when he was appointed as Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Berhanu speaks Amharic, English and French.