Beyene Petros
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Beyene Petros | |
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በየነ ጴጥሮስ | |
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| Professor of Biology at Addis Ababa University | |
| In office 1979 – 17 September 2024 | |
| Member of the House of Peoples' Representatives | |
| In office 1995–2018 | |
| Constituency | Badawacho Shone constituency |
| Advisor of the Government Privatization Advisory Council | |
| In office 3 August 2018 – 17 September 2024 | |
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| Born | 11 March 1950 |
| Died | 17 September 2024 (aged 74) |
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| Children | 4 Mishisalla Beyene Petros, Ermisha Beyene Petros, Bereket Beyene Petros, and Liena Beyene Petros |
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Beyene Petros (Amharic: በየነ ጴጥሮስ; 11 March 1950 – 17 September 2024) was an Ethiopian politician and educator who was the Professor of Biology at Addis Ababa University and a former member of the Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives, representing an electoral district in Badawacho of Hadiya Zone. He was the chairman of one of the largest opposition political parties in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Forum Medrek.[1][2]
Petros joined politics in 1991 when the ruling EPRDF took power. He was then appointed deputy minister of Education but later resigned from government. He has been a major opposition political figure since 1995. Petros was first elected to the parliament as member for Shone constituency in the May 2000 elections. In the 2003 parliament, he served as chairman for the combined Council of Alternative Forces for Peace and Democracy in Ethiopia, the Southern Ethiopia Peoples' Democratic Coalition, and the Hadiya National Democratic Organization. When parties joined to form the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) in 2004, Prof. Beyene became the chairman of the UEDF. He was serving as chairman for Ethiopian Federal Democratic Forum (Medrek).
On 3 August 2018, Petros was promoted to the new Government Privatisation Advisory Council to advise Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed concerning his new economic reforms.[3]
