What is Fisseha Desta?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = [[Lieutenant Colonel]] | name = Fisseha Desta | native_name = ፍስሃ ደስታ | native_name_lang = ti | image = Fisseha.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|5|7|1941|4|21|df=y}} | death_place = [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|4|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Adwa]], [[Italian East Africa]]<br/>(now [[Ethiopia]]) | death_cause = | party = [[Workers' Party of Ethiopia]] | order = | office = [[Vice President of Ethiopia]] | president = [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] | term_start = 10 September 1987 | term_end = 26 April 1991 | predecessor = ''Position established'' | successor = [[Tesfaye Gebre Kidan]] | office2 = Member of the [[Central Committee]] of [[COPWE]] | termstart5 = 1979 | termend5 = 1984 | allegiance = {{flag|Ethiopian Empire}} <br/> {{flagicon|Ethiopia|1975-state}} [[Derg]] | branch = [[Ethiopian Army]] | serviceyears = 1962–1979 | rank = [[Lieutenant Colonel]] | unit = First Division<br>Third Division | battles = [[Eritrean War of Independence]] }}'''Fisseha Desta''' ({{lang-ti|ፍስሃ ደስታ}}; 21 April 1941 – 7 May 2022) was an [[Ethiopia|Ethiopian]] military officer and [[politician]]. He was the first [[Vice President of Ethiopia|vice president of Ethiopia]] from 1987 to 1991 during the [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] administration. He was born in [[Adwa]], [[Ethiopia]]. In the 1990s Fisseha was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the military dictatorship. He was then released in 2011 on parole.<ref>{{Cite web |title=‘The Revolution and My Memories’). By Fisseha Desta. Reviewer: Abebe Fentahun Misiker |url=https://www.academia.edu/38006259/%E1%8A%A0%E1%89%A5%E1%8B%AE%E1%89%B1%E1%8A%93_%E1%89%B5%E1%8B%9D%