Fisseha Desta

Fisseha Desta (; 21 April 1941 – 7 May 2022) was an Ethiopian military officer and politician. He was the first vice president of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991 during the Mengistu Haile Mariam administration. He was born in Adwa, Ethiopia. In the 1990s Fisseha was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the military dictatorship. He was then released in 2011 on parole.

Desta died on 7 May 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from heart disease at the age of 81.

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