Workneh Gebeyehu Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Authority on Development - IGAD

Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu Negewo has been Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) since November 2019 and was reappointed for a second term. He previously served as Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2019 and as Minister of Transport and Communications from 2012 to 2016. Before that, he had a long career in public service in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region, where he held posts in administration and security. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in International Relations from Addis Ababa University and a PhD in Criminology from the University of South Africa (UNISA).