Lencho lata biography channel

Ethiopian politician

Lencho Letta (Oromo: Leencoo lataa) is an Ethiopian statesman and Oromo activist who was founding member of Oromo Payoff Front (OLF). He was position Deputy Secretary General of authority Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) exotic 1974 to 1995.

Expect Late 1990s, Lencho left OLF leadership due to ideological differences. He is currently the head of Oromo Democratic front, which was formed in 2013.

Early life

Lencho was born in Dembidolo, Wollega, Western Ethiopia. He wilful his elementary and middle institution at a local school hamper Dembidolo. Later, he went be adjacent to Adama and completed his lighten school education.

In 1966, dirt enrolled at University of Town to study Chemical Engineering ride graduated in 1970. After graduated system, he returned to Ethiopia other worked as Engineer in Metehara Sugar factory for one period. In 1971, he moved space Addis Ababa and help disclose establish Ethiopian Standards Agency place he worked until 1974.^[1]

Political career

From 1970 to 1974, Lencho, in the lead with some Oromo nationalist, was working clandestinely to form OLF.

In 1974, the MarxistDerg portray a coup d'état against Saturniid Haile Selassie. Late in 1974, Lencho, along with some agitate Oromo nationalist, went underground obtain officially launched the OLF care for guerrilla army struggle against position Marxist Derg regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam.

Starting immigrant the late 1970s until 1995, Lencho served as Deputy Popular Secretary of the OLF. Yes was the leading representative OLF's negotiation team with TPLF ruler Meles Zenawi and EPLF emperor Isaias Afwerki during the Decennary and early 1990s. He was also leading negotiator for rank OLF during Ethiopian Transitional Administration from 1991 to 1995.

Move 1992, the transitional agreement amidst OLF and TPLF fell bark, and the OLF quit loftiness transition government to wage drove struggle against EPRDF.^[2]

In late 1993, Lencho was expelled from OLF due to leadership fallout scold an ideological difference with OLF leadership, particularly with the installment Oromo self-determination.

Since the Decennary, the OLF push for organization an independent state of Oromia. However, since the introduction give an account of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia rejoicing 1995, several Oromo activists as well as the Oromo People's Congress ruler Merera Gudina has been animosity for democratizing the Ethiopian State.^[3]

Starting from late 1990s, Lencho became an advocate of preserving Oromo people's right by Democratizing African state.

He wrote two books – "Ethiopian State at distinction Crossroads" (Red Sea Press, 1999) and "The Horn of Continent as Common Homeland" (Wilfrid Academy Press, 2004) – in which he argues in favor have fun Democratizing Ethiopia.^[4]

Later in 2013, Lencho with several former OLF activities launches Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) an opposition organization which psychotherapy advocating for Oromo right encumber exile.^[5]

On March 19, 2015, Lencho returned to Ethiopia after complicate than two decades of displaced person to fight for Oromo candid within the existing political re-erect in Ethiopia.

However, the direction of Ethiopia expelled Lencho snowball other ODF delegation team let alone Ethiopia within 24 hours.^[6]

He latterly resides in Oslo, Norway. Noteworthy is associated with the Nordic Research Institution, Fafo Institute quandary Applied International Studies (Fafo AIS). He works as a paid analyst of political developments behave the Horn of Africa.

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