Profile of the Executive Secretary

Workneh Gebeyehu (PhD)
IGAD Executive Secretary

Prior to being the Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia between 2016 and 2019. He was Minister of Transport between 2012 and 2016. Dr Workneh has had a long career in the Civil Service in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia where he served in the Administration and the Security.

He was born in 1970 in the town of Shashamane in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Dr. Workneh studied at Addis Ababa University where he obtained a Bachelor and Masters degree in International Relations. He holds a PhD in Criminology from the University of South Africa (Unisa) in Pretoria. Dr Workneh is married and a father of three.

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IGAD Launches First-Ever IGAD Statistics Yearbook, Facts and Figures

July 11, 2024
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), in collaboration with the European Union through Eurostat and the African Union via the…
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IGAD and IOM open Joint Training on Cross border Health mobility Management in the Horn of Africa

June 25, 2024
June 21, 2024 (Mombasa, Kenya): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM)…
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Meeting to Facilitate Update of Joint Vaccination & Surveillance Calendars & Implementation Framework of the Signed Cross-border MoUs for Enhanced TADs & Zoonosis Control in the IGAD Clusters

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