Berhanu Nega

Quick Facts

Full Name	Berhanu Nega
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 6, 1958(1958-12-06)
Age	66
Birthplace	Bishoftu
Country	Ethiopia
Birth City	Oromia Region
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Berhanu Nega Biography

Berhanu Nega is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 6, 1958 in Bishoftu, Oromia Region, Ethiopia.

Berhanu was born in Bishoftu, the son of Ato Nega Bonger, a prominent businessman, and Woizero Abebech Woldegiorgis, the second-eldest of 12 children. He attended Addis Ababa University where he participated in the student movement against the ruling Derg government in his freshman year. When the government acted against political dissidents in 1977, Berhanu with other radical student activists fled to Mount Asimba in northern Ethiopia. After a division within the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP), he was detained for openly criticizing killings within the EPRP. After a few months, he was released by his captors and crossed into the Sudan where he lived for two years until he was granted political asylum in the United States.

Berhanu is married to Dr. Nardos Minasse an Ethiopian born American optometrist in 1989. They have two children together (Noah and Iyassu). His family continues to live in Pennsylvania where his wife, Dr. Nardos, practices optometry. Berhanu is a fan of Arsenal FC, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Philadelphia Eagles.

Berhanu Nega Net Worth

Berhanu Nega is one of the richest Politician from Ethiopia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Berhanu Nega 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Berhanu Nega (Amharic: ብርሃኑ ነጋ ; born December 6, 1958) is an Ethiopian politician and academician. He was the mayor elect of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the 2005 Ethiopian general elections. He is a founding chairman of the Rainbow Ethiopia: Movement for Democracy and Social Justice and a Deputy Chairman of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), for whom he served as chief election campaign strategist. He is also the co-founder and Leader of Ginbot 7, an anti-government rebel group. Until mid-2018, He was labelled a terrorist by the Ethiopian government.

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Who is Berhanu Nega Dating?

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Berhanu’s CUD party won 137 seats of the 138 seats in the Addis Ababa city council. The elected council members of the party held an election for mayor and elected Berhanu to be the mayor. Then, the ruling party refused to hand in the city and eventually imprisoned all the leaders of the party including Berhanu. After 21 months in prison along with all opposition leader, Berhanu left the country in 2007 and returned to teach at the economics department of Bucknell at Bucknell University. While in the U.S, Berhanu announced the founding of a new political group, Ginbot 7, as the old one was dismantled by the government. Ginbot 7, established to pursue civil resistance through an all-inclusive means, attracted thousands of people in Ethiopia and abroad. Ginbot 7 now is one of the prominent opposition organizations fighting for liberty and democracy in Ethiopia.

Facts & Trivia

Yang Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ethiopia. Berhanu Nega celebrates birthday on December 6 of every year.

The ruling government claimed on 24 April 2009 that it had foiled a coup attempt led by members of Ginbot 7 to overthrow the government, arresting 35 people they claimed were part of the plot. Those arrested included General Tefera Mamo, Berhanu’s cousin Getu Worku, and Tsige Habte-Mariam, the 80-year- old father of another well-known opposition figure at the time in exile, Andargachew Tsige. Ginbot 7 has claimed this allegation is part of the government’s overall suppression of dissent by accusing its opponents of illegal activities and sentencing them in a kangaroo court.

Top Facts about Berhanu Nega

1. Berhanu Nega is an Ethiopian politician born in 1958.
2. He co-founded the opposition party Ginbot 7 in 2008.
3. Nega was a professor of economics at Bucknell University.
4. He was imprisoned for treason from 2005 to 2007.
5. Nega ran for mayor of Addis Ababa in 2005 election.
6. In 2010, he was sentenced to death in absentia by Ethiopia’s government.
7. Nega has advocated for nonviolent resistance against the government.
8. He currently lives in exile in the United States.
9. Nega has written several books on Ethiopian politics and economics.
10. His political views are considered left-leaning and pro-democracy