Fikre Selassie Wogderess

Fikre Selassie Wogderess (; 13 July 1945 – 12 December 2020) was an Ethiopian politician. He was the first Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) from 10 September 1987 to 8 November 1989. He was fired by President Mengistu Haile Mariam."Minutes of the 106th Regular Meeting of the Politburo," 5 November 1989, cited in Gebru Tareke, The Ethiopian Revolution: War in the Horn of Africa (New Haven: Yale University, 2009), p. 143.

In 1989, he was sentenced to death for war crimes and murder.James C. McKinley Jr, "Ethiopia Tries Former Rulers In 70's Deaths", The New York Times, 23 April 1996. In 2010, the Ethiopian court removed his death sentence and released him following year.

Wogderess died on 12 December 2020 in Addis Ababa from diabetes-related problems at the age of 75.

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