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From July 2021 to March 2023, Debretsion again led the Tigray Region, while Abraham Belay left the transitional government to become Ethiopia's minister of Defence.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"7 July 1956","date":"1956-07-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728456#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Shire","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q743859"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728456#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Ethiopia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728456#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"minister","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83307"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728456#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Tigray People's Liberation Front","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699287"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728456#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Addis Ababa University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1238770"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728456#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (since 9 January 2018)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"2018-01-09"},{"text":"chairperson (since 29 November 2017)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140686","start":"2017-11-29"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728456#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debretsion_Gebremichael","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728456"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Debretsion Gebremichael born?","a":"Debretsion Gebremichael was born on 7 July 1956 in Shire."},{"q":"What positions has Debretsion Gebremichael held?","a":"Positions held by Debretsion Gebremichael include: president (since 9 January 2018); chairperson (since 29 November 2017)."},{"q":"Where did Debretsion Gebremichael study?","a":"Debretsion Gebremichael was educated at Addis Ababa University."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"},{"name":"George Washington","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/george-washington"},{"name":"Rajendra Prasad","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rajendra-prasad"},{"name":"Mohammad Mokhber","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohammad-mokhber"},{"name":"Rupert Murdoch","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rupert-murdoch"},{"name":"Michael Bloomberg","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-bloomberg"},{"name":"Larry Ellison","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/larry-ellison"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/debretsion-gebremichael-2536840f91.jpg","width":500,"height":616,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"ITU Pictures from Geneva, Switzerland","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Debretsion_Gebremichael_in_2014.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Debretsion Gebremichael","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debretsion_Gebremichael","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q16728456","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728456","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Debretsion Gebremichael in 2014.jpg by ITU Pictures from Geneva, Switzerland (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Debretsion_Gebremichael_in_2014.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Debretsion Gebremichael, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Debretsion Gebremichael in 2014.jpg — ITU Pictures from Geneva, Switzerland, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Debretsion Gebremichael\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/debretsion-gebremichael. Retrieved 15 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T06:42:23Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-15","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/debretsion-gebremichael","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/debretsion-gebremichael","ne":null}}