Teklewold Atnafu

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Teklewold Atnafu (Ge'ez: ተክለወልድ አጥናፉ; born on 26 October 1963) is an Ethiopian politician who governed National Bank of Ethiopia for nearly two decades.^[1][2] Teklewold is serving as a board member for the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia since 2020.^[3]

Teklewold Atnafu
ተክለወልድ አጥናፉ
Governor of National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE)
In office 2000s – 18 June 2018
Succeeded by	Yinager Dessie (PhD)
Board chairperson of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE)
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 February 2020
Preceded by	Fitsum Assefa
Financial Affairs Advisor of Prime minister
Incumbent
Assumed office 2020
Personal details
Born	(1963-10-26) 26 October 1963 (age 61) Areka, Ethiopian Empire
Nationality	Ethiopian
Alma mater	Addis Ababa University

Early life

Teklewold was born in Areka, Wolayita, Ethiopia. He completed his primary and secondary school in his hometown and Sodo respectively. He attended Addis Abeba University and studied his first and second degree in Statistics.^[3][4]

Career

Teklewold governed the National Bank of Ethiopia since 2000s to 18 June 2018.^[5] He was assigned to head the central bank after serving as a vice governor for a year.^[1] He completed his studies in statistics at Addis Abeba University. He did his post-graduate dissertation on building a model for econometric measures of demand and supply of money in Ethiopia. Aby Ahmed appointed him as a chairperson of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia's Board of Management since February 2020 succeeding Fitsum Assefa, the commissioner of the National Planning & Development Commission.^[3] He is also a financial affairs sector advisor of the Prime minister.^[6]

Since February 12, 2024, Teklewold Atnafu assumed chairmanship of the Board of Management of Development Bank of Ethiopia, another state-owned company with a robust capital base of 39.7 billion Br, second only to the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), succeeding Tegegnework Getu (PHD), an alumnus of Addis Abeba and Colombia universities, previously served as Undersecretary General of United Nations General Assembly and administrator of the UNDP.^[7][8]