Gedu Andargachew Alene (Amharic: ገዱ አንዳርጋቸው አለነ; born 13 August 1963) is an Ethiopian politician who has served as the National Security Affairs Advisor to the prime minister of Ethiopia from 4 November 2020 to 9 June 2022.

From 1998 to 2001, he held Bachelor degree in development administration from Ethiopian Civil Service University in Addis Ababa.

[3] Gedu was first selected in 2013 to replace Ayalew Gobeze, and was successively reelected by the regional legislature in 2015 and 2018.

[4] He resigned on 8 March 2019 for he reasons that were unclear, though in his farewell address he warned of rising inter-ethnic tensions with the Tigray Region.

Gedu has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2020, President of Amhara Region from 2013 to 2019 and Deputy from 2008 to 2013 until he was replaced by Ambachew Mekonnen.