Getahun Mekuria

Getahun Mekuria
ጌታሁን መኩሪያ
Minister of Education
In office 22 January 2020 – 6 October 2021
President	Sahle-Work Zewde
Prime Minister	Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by	Tilaye Gette
Succeeded by	Berhanu Nega
Minister of Innovation and Technology
In office 16 October 2018 – 22 January 2020
President	Sahle-Work Zewde
Prime Minister	Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Abraham Belay
Minister of Science and Technology
In office 1 November 2016 – 16 October 2018
President	Mulatu Teshome
Prime Minister	Hailemariam Desalegn Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by	Abiy Ahmed
Succeeded by	position abolished
Personal details
Alma mater	University Duisburg-Essen Addis Ababa University
Occupation	Engineer

Getahun Mekuria (Amharic: ጌታሁን መኩሪያ) is an Ethiopian politician and engineer who has served as several positions in the government cabinet such as the Minister of Science and Technology from 2016 to 2018 and its merger, the Minister of Innovation and Technology from 2018 to 2020, and the Minister of Education from 2020 to 2021.

Education and career

Getahun earned doctorate in engineering from the University Duisburg-Essen in Germany, where he studied a DAAD scholarship holder. Getahun worked as an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Addis Ababa University and has been director of the Siemens subsidiary in Ethiopia. In November 2016, Getahun succeeded Abiy Ahmed as Minister of Science and Technology and served until 2018. In October 2018, the minister was merged to Ministry of Innovation and Technology and he was appointed as minister. During his office, Getahun joined as advisor of XRP Ledger Foundation, a non-profit organization that promotes development of Ripple. On 22 January 2020, he was appointed as Minister of Education upon ministerial appointment by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. On 6 October 2021, he left the minister during cabinet reshuffle, succeeded by Berhanu Nega.