Daniel Kebede

Daniel Mesfin Kebede (born 1987) is a British trade union leader.

Kebede studied law at the University of Wales before becoming a schoolteacher. He taught in early years, primary and secondary schools, and became active in the National Union of Teachers (NUT). In 2017, he won the union's Blair Peach Award for his contributions to social justice. The NUT later became part of the National Education Union (NEU), and in 2019, Kebede was elected to its executive committee. In 2021, he was elected as the union's president. On his election, The Voice described Kebede as "only the fourth Black General Secretary of a union in Britain". with whom he has a son, born in July 2018.

He has dyslexia.