Abay Tsehaye
Abay Tsehaye | |
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ኣባይ ፀሓየ | |
| Executive Member of the Central Committee of the TPLF | |
| In office 2001–2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 April 1953 Aksum, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire |
| Died | 13 January 2021 (aged 67) Asgede Tsimbla, Tigray Region, Ethiopia |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds by ENDF |
| Political party | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
| Other political affiliations | Tigray People's Liberation Front |
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Abay "Amha" Tsehaye (Tigrinya: ኣባይ ኣምሓ ፀሓየ; 29 April 1953 – 13 January 2021) was an Ethiopian politician and a prominent personality in the Ethiopian political discourse. He was active in the political scene from the early 1960s up to late 2018, initially as one of the founding members of the TPLF (from inception to 1990), followed by important positions from 1990 to 2018 within the EPRDF, which led the Ethiopian government, after which he retired and moved to live in Axum and Mekelle in Tigray.