# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/demeke-mekonnen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:36:40.942Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/demeke-mekonnen"
name: "Demeke Mekonnen"
slug: "demeke-mekonnen"
description: "Demeke Mekonnen Hassen is an Ethiopian politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 2012 to 2024, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2020 to 2024 and former vice-president of the Prosperity Party. He previously served as chairman of the Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) and deputy chair of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) until the dissolution of the two in December 2019."
tagline: "Ethiopian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Demeke_Mekonnen_Hassen_-_2020_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1963-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.8
  momentum:             0.8053691275167786
  historical:           5.756373333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%92_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%86%D9%86"
    title: "ڈیمیکے میکونن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%B0%E1%88%98%E1%89%80_%E1%88%98%E1%8A%AE%E1%8A%95%E1%8A%95"
    title: "ደመቀ መኮንን"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeke_Mekonnen"
    title: "Demeke Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B1%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8D%E3%83%B3"
    title: "デメケ・メコネン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeke_Mekonnen"
    title: "Demeke Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeke_Mekonnen"
    title: "Demeke Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeke_Mekonnen"
    title: "Demeke Mekonnen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16728486"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump