Makonnen Kebret

Makonnen Kebret (1935–1990) was an Ethiopian diplomat. Makonnen Kebret was a specialist in agricultural education.

• From 1948 to 1968 he was professor and dean of the College of Agriculture, Addis Ababa University.
• From 1968 to 1971 he was associate academic vice president of the Addis Ababa University.
• From September 11, 1971 to November 8, 1974 he was first Ethiopian ambassador in Beijing.[2]
• From 1975 to 1990 he was employed at the Awash River Valleys Agricultural Development Authority (VADA) 1977, the Ministry of Agriculture (Ethiopia) and the.
• From 1986 to 1991 he was Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.[3]

Makonnen Kebret
Ambassador of  Ethiopia to  China
In office September 11, 1971 – November 8, 1974
Succeeded by	Mulugeta Estephanos
Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development
In office 1986 – 1990
Succeeded by	David Stephen Muduuli [1]
Personal details
Born	1935
Died	1990 (aged 54–55)
Education	Imperial College of Agricultural and Mechanical Arts Dire Dawa (today Haramaya University).
Alma mater	1961 Master of Science of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign 1962–1964 Apptd. from Ambo Agrar School (AS). 1964 Ph.D. Cornell University

published

• The contribution of agricultural education to the rural development of Ethiopia. Cornell Univ., 1964

References

1. Executive secretary: David Stephen Muduuli was appointed in October 1990 to work alongside Makonnen Kebret and to succeed him from Jan. 22, 1991. Founded: 1986. Membership: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda.
2. David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce, Window on the Forbidden City: The Beijing Diaries of David K. E. Bruce, 1973–1974, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong Press, 2001, 653 p., p.465
3. "Biographie de KEBRET, Makonnen". operationspaix.net. Retrieved 2016-08-14.