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{{Short description|Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1989 to 1991}}
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| death_date = 1991
| death_place = [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia
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| office1 = [[Prime Minister of Ethiopia]]
| status1 = Acting
| term_start1 = 8 November 1989
| term_end1 = 26 April 1991
| predecessor1 = [[Fikre Selassie Wogderess]]
| successor1 = [[Tesfaye Dinka]]
| president1 = [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]]
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{{Refimprove|date=December 2008}}
'''Hailu Yimenu''' (died 1991) was an Ethiopian politician who was the acting prime minister of the [[People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia]] from
== Later life ==
In May 1991, after hearing of [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]]'s [[Fall of the Derg regime|fall from power]], he fled to the [[Italy|Italian]] embassy in [[Addis Ababa]], along with Lieutenant General [[Tesfaye Gebre Kidan]], [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ethiopia)|Foreign Minister]] [[Berhanu Bayeh]], and Chief of General Staff [[Addis Tedla]]. He was succeeded by [[Tesfaye Dinka]].
While the other three remained at the embassy for years, Hailu killed himself shortly after fleeing to the embassy in
Following the death of General Tesfaye thirteen years later on 2 June 2004, rumors began to circulate caused by the embassy's lack of detail on the death of both General Tesfaye and Hailu's earlier suicide. The Ethiopian government demanded Italian records on the incidents during that month.
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