Addisu Legesse is an Ethiopian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia. He was formerly the chairman of the

Amhara Democratic Party The Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) ( am, አማራ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ), originally known as Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), was a political party in Ethiopia. The party was one of four members of the Ethiopian People's R ...

(ADP), the Amhara region branch of the ruling EPRDF, a position from which he retired in 2010. He was also President of the Amhara region from 1992 until 2000, deputy prime Minister, and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development until 2008. He then served as chairman of

Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines (commonly referred to as Ethiopian; am, የኢትዮጵያ አየር መንገድ, translit=Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā āyer menged), formerly ''Ethiopian Air Lines'' (EAL), is the flag carrier of Ethiopia, and is wholly owned by t ...

. He is currently head of the Meles Zenawi Academy, a quasi educational institution that is designed to train future EPRDF cadres in the ideology of Melesism, also known as, Ethiopian style Revolutionary Democracy

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Presidents of Amhara Region Deputy Prime Ministers of Ethiopia Government ministers of Ethiopia Amhara Democratic Party politicians 20th-century Ethiopian politicians 21st-century Ethiopian politicians Agriculture ministers {{Ethiopia-politician-stub