5 February: Abadi Hadis, 22, Olympic long-distance runner (2016 Summer Olympics).[34] 29 June: Hachalu Hundessa, 34, singer.[35] 8 November – Raphael Hadane, 97, Ethiopian-Israeli religious leader, Kahen of Beta Israel.[36] 19 November – Kitilaa Guddata, 32, teacher from Sekela, Oromia Region; executed by Oromia Special Police Force.[37] 12 December – Fikre Selassie Wogderess, 75, politician, Prime Minister (1987–1989); complications from diabetes.[38] 17 December – Tesfaye Gessesse, 83, actor, General Director of the Hager Fikir Theatre (1974–1975).[39] 29 December – Agitu Ideo Gudeta, 42, farmer, entrepreneur, and environmentalist[40]