Belete Molla

Belete Molla (Amharic: በለጠ ሞላ) is an Ethiopian politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Innovation and Technology since 2021, and founder and chairman of the National Movement of Amhara (NaMA), a right-wing Amhara nationalist political party in Ethiopia.

Belete has received PhD in philosophy from Addis Ababa University.

In 2007, Belete was a recipient of the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Award.

In February 2020, NaMA Central Committee elected Belete as a chairman while replacing Desalegn.

[3] In 2021 general election, NaMA won 5 seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives (HoPR).