Berhane Gebre-Christos

Berhane Gebre-Christos (; born 1953) is an Ethiopian politician. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2012. He was also the Foreign Spokesperson for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) from 1979 to 1988.

Early life Berhane was born in 1953 in Mekelle, Ethiopia and attended General Wingate High School and subsequently the Haile Selassie I University (now Addis Ababa University) from 1971 to 1974. Berhane also holds a master's degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam. He is married and has three children.

After the fall of the Derg, Berhane was appointed Ambassador to the United States, a post he held from 1992 to 2002. This was a particularly important position as Ethiopia had not held diplomatic relations with the United States since 1978. From 2002 to 2010, Berhane served as Ambassador of Ethiopia to the European Union and Benelux (the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands). Upon returning to Ethiopia, he was appointed State Minister for Foreign Affairs in October, 2010.

Berhane was appointed the Ambassador to China in August 2017. On December 5 of the same year, he presented his credentials to Xi Jinping along with other newly appointed ambassadors.

On 27 June 2018 Berhane presented his credentials to Kim Yong Nam as non-resident ambassador to the DPRK.