BERHANU NEGA
He was a successful economics professor in the United States while his country of origin, Ethiopia from which he had been in exile, was in political chaos. He chose to return to Ethiopia to lead the opposition party, Ginbot 7, which he co-founded.
Berhanu Nega is an Ethiopian politician and academic. 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.
