Fikre Selassie Wogderess (Ge'ez: ፍቅረ ሥላሴ ወግደረስ; 13 July 1945[citation needed] – 12 December 2020) was an Ethiopian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 10 September 1987 to 8 November 1989.

"[1] Fikre Selassie became the first Prime Minister of the newly reorganized state and administration that (formality wise) replaced the Derg in September 1987.

[2] In November 1989, President Mengistu Haile Mariam ordered him removed from his post, having criticized him three days prior in a meeting of the Politburo of the Workers Party of Ethiopia, stating "there is no one quite like Fikre Selassie, who sits idly and quietly.

"[3] Following the conclusion of the Ethiopian Civil War and the end of the PDRE, Fikre was one of 46 former leaders of the PDRE who were tried in person beginning 19 April 1996 for murdering individuals, genocide, and crimes against humanity by the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; 22 more individuals, including the exiled Mengistu, were charged in absentia at the same trial.

[citation needed] Fikre Selassie Wogderess died on 12 December 2020 in hospital where he was recovering from COVID-19,[5] as well as being treated for diabetes and kidney complications.