Minelik Alemu Getahun
2021 ALI Fellow
Minelik Alemu Getahun brings to ALI signifi cant diplomatic and international organization leadership experience. Most recently, he served as assistant director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization, a United Nations global forum for intellectual property (IP) policy and cooperation, with oversight on cross-cutting challenges such as building respect for IP, external relations, genetic resources, traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions, and IP and global challenges. Minelik served as the permanent representative of his native Ethiopia to the U.N. offi ces in Geneva and Vienna; Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Switzerland and non-resident ambassador to Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania; as the legal advisor to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and member of the African Union Commission on International Law.