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'''Hailu Yimenu''' (died May 26, 1991) was an Ethiopian politician who was the acting prime minister of the [[People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia]] from November 8, November 1989 until May26 April 1991.

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 twothree remained at the embassy for years, Hailu committedkilled suicidehimself on May 26 1991,shortly after onlyfleeing a short time into the embassy compoundin 1991.<ref name="Biles">{{cite webnews|url=http://wwwnews.rulersbbc.orgco.uk/indexh12/hi/africa/4565376.htmlstm|title=Rulers&nbsp;—Languishing Indexin Haan Addis embassy|accessdatelast=Biles|first=Peter|date=2005-12-28|website=BBC April 2009News|access-date=2016-11-29}}</ref>

Following the death of General Tesfaye thirteen years later on June 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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