Tegegnework Gettu is the

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Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) replacing María Eugenia Casar. He previously held the post of Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management. He was appointed to this position by the

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Ban Ki-moon on 25 March 2013.

Academic career

Tegegnework Gettu has lectured in a number of academic institutions, including

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, and the

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, New York. He was also a Fellow at

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International career

Tegegnework Gettu served a number of high-ranking positions in the

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, both at the country level and at its headquarters in New York. He was the Country Director for Southern Africa and Indian Ocean countries and Acting Resident Representative in

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and

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before becoming a Senior Economic and Political Advisor in UNDP's Africa Bureau. He later served as Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Bureau Director for Africa at UNDP.

Personal life

An Ethiopian national, Tegegnework Gettu was born in 1952. He is married and has two children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tegegnework Gettu 1952 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Ethiopian officials of the United Nations Under-Secretaries-General of the United Nations