What is Demeke Mekonnen?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Demeke Mekonnen<br/>{{small|ደመቀ መኮንን}} |image = File:Demeke Mekonnen Hassen - 2020 (cropped).jpg |office = Deputy [[Prime Minister of Ethiopia]] |alongside = [[Debretsion Gebremichael]]<br/>and [[Aster Mamo]] (2012-16) |primeminister = [[Hailemariam Desalegn]]<br/>[[Abiy Ahmed]] |term_start = 21 September 2012 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Hailemariam Desalegn]] |successor = |office1 = [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ethiopia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] |primeminister1 = [[Abiy Ahmed]] |term_start1 = 8 March 2019 |term_end1 = 18 April 2019 |predecessor1 = [[Workneh Gebeyehu]] |successor1 = Gedu Andargachew | office2 = Chairman of the<br/>[[Amhara Democratic Party]] | deputy2 = [[Gedu Andargachew]] | term_start2 = 8 September 2010 | term_end2 = | predecessor2 = [[Addisu Legesse]] | successor2 = |office3 = [[Ministry of Education (Ethiopia)|Minister of Education]] |primeminister3 = [[Meles Zenawi]]<br/>[[Hailemariam Desalegn]] |term_start3 = 30 October 2008 |term_end3 = 4 July 2013 |predecessor3 = |successor3 = [[Shiferaw Shigute]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|09|27|df=yes}} |birth_place = [[Gojjam]], [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]] |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Amhara Democratic Party]] |otherparty = [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front]] |spouse = Alemitu Kassaye |alma_mater = [[Bradford University]] <br/>[[Addis Ababa University]] }} '''Demeke Mekonnen Hassen''' ({{lang-gez|ደመቀ መኮንን}}; born 27 September 1963) is an [[Ethiopia]]n politician and has served as the [[Deputy Prime Minister]] of [[Ethiopia]], since 2012.<ref>H.E. Demeke Mekonnen Hassen, 'Deputy Prime Minister, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia', Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Office of the Prime Minister, https://pmo.gov.et/dep_pm/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420170557/https://pmo.gov.et/dep_pm/ |date=2019-04-20