Bekele Geleta was the Secretary General of the

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is a worldwide humanitarian aid organization that reaches 160 million people each year through its 191 member National Societies. It acts before, during and after disas ...

between 2008 and 2014. Previously he served as Secretary General to the

Ethiopian Red Cross Society The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) (, (ኢ.ቀ.መ.ማ.)is a humanitarian organization working in partnership with the Ethiopian government the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societie (IFRC), the International Comm ...

(1984-1988), Head of Africa Department (1995-2003) and Head of the South East Asia Regional Delegation (2004-2007). In 2007 he was appointed General Manager of International Operations for the

Canadian Red Cross The Canadian Red Cross Society ()Abiy Ahmed Abiy Ahmed Ali (; ; born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018 and the leader of the Prosperity Party since 2019. He rose through the ranks of government via the Information Networ ...

concerning his new economic reforms.

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