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Lia Tadesse
Ethiopian politician (born 1976)
Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin (Amharic: ሊያ ታደሰ ገብረመድኅን; born 1976)[1] is an Ethiopian politician and physician who served as the Minister of Health from 12 March 2020 until 8 February 2024.[2] Prior to her appointment, Lia served as State Minister of Health from November 2018.[3] She also served as an Executive Director at the University of Michigan's Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as a CEO and Vice Provost in St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) in Addis Ababa and as a Project Director of USAID's Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) at Jhpiego-Ethiopia.[3][4]