Negeri Lencho
Ethiopian academic and politician
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Negeri Lencho is an Ethiopian academic and politician who has served as the Minister of Communication Affairs in the cabinet of Hailemariam Dessalegn from 2016 to 2018, succeeding Getachew Reda.[1]
Preceded byGetachew Reda
Succeeded byAhmed Shide
Negeri Lencho | |
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Lencho in March 2017 | |
| Minister of Communication Affairs | |
| In office 1 November 2016 – 19 April 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Getachew Reda |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Shide |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | English and Foreign Languages University Andhra University (PhD) Addis Ababa University |
Education
Lencho completed a master's degree from the English and Foreign Languages University in 2004. He later received his PhD from Andhra University in India in 2011, and went on to teach at Addis Ababa University, serving as Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Language Studies.[2] He previously wrote articles critical of the government's dominance of the domestic media.[3]
