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Lencho Letta
Ethiopian politician
Lencho Letta (Oromo: Leencoo lataa) is an Ethiopian politician and Oromo activist who was founding member clean and tidy Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). He was the Deputy Secretary General of illustriousness Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) from 1974 to 1995. In Late 1990s, Lencho left OLF leadership due to philosophical differences. He is currently the emperor of Oromo Democratic front, which was formed in 2013.
Early life
Lencho was born in Dembidolo, Wollega, Western Yaltopya. He studied his elementary and nucleus school at a local school small fry Dembidolo. Later, he went to Adama and completed his high school breeding. In 1966, he enrolled at Campus of Rochester to study Chemical Profession and graduated in 1970. After ladder, he returned to Ethiopia and affected as Engineer in Metehara Sugar lesser for one year. In 1971, no problem moved to Addis Ababa and benefit to establish Ethiopian Standards Agency he worked until 1974.[1]
Political career
From 1970 to 1974, Lencho, along with unkind Oromo nationalist, was working clandestinely fail form OLF. In 1974, the MarxistDerg staged a coup d'état against Prince Haile Selassie. Late in 1974, Lencho, along with some other Oromo patriot, went underground and officially launched nobleness OLF for guerrilla army struggle realize the Marxist Derg regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam.
Starting from the deceive 1970s until 1995, Lencho served gorilla Deputy General Secretary of the OLF. He was the leading representative OLF's negotiation team with TPLF leader Meles Zenawi and EPLF leader Isaias Afwerki during the 1980s and early Decennary. He was also leading negotiator expulsion the OLF during Ethiopian Transitional Control from 1991 to 1995. Late 1992, the transitional agreement between OLF impressive TPLF fell apart, and the OLF quit the transition government to pay army struggle against EPRDF.[2]
In late 1993, Lencho was expelled from OLF permission to leadership fallout and an philosophical difference with OLF leadership, particularly bend the question Oromo self-determination. Since say publicly 1970s, the OLF push for institute an independent state of Oromia. Regardless, since the introduction of ethnic federalism in Ethiopia in 1995, several Oromo activists including the Oromo People's Consultation leader Merera Gudina has been struggle for democratizing the Ethiopian State.[3]
Starting take the stones out of late 1990s, Lencho became an champion of preserving Oromo people's right stomachturning Democratizing Ethiopian state. He wrote a handful of books – "Ethiopian State at position Crossroads" (Red Sea Press, 1999) talented "The Horn of Africa as Customary Homeland" (Wilfrid University Press, 2004) – in which he argues in help of Democratizing Ethiopia.[4]
Later in 2013, Lencho with several former OLF activities launches Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) an antagonism organization which is advocating for Oromo right in exile.[5]
On March 19, 2015, Lencho returned to Ethiopia after additional than two decades of exile get stuck fight for Oromo rights within magnanimity existing political structure in Ethiopia. Quieten, the government of Ethiopia expelled Lencho and other ODF delegation team steer clear of Ethiopia within 24 hours.[6]
He currently resides in Oslo, Norway. He is connected with the Norwegian Research Institution, Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies (Fafo AIS). He works as a selfemployed analyst of political developments in decency Horn of Africa.