Haile Woldense or Woldetensae (Tigrinya: ሃይለ ወልደትንሳኤ) is an Eritrean politician.
There he met Isaias Afewerki and they withdrew from school to join the Eritrean Liberation Front.
[1] In 1974 he became a member of what would become the Eritrea People's Liberation Front (EPLF) Central Committee and joined the Political Bureau.
[2] As a member of the G-15, who requested the resignation of the President of Eritrea to end the war with Ethiopia, he was arrested and subsequently replaced in his position.
Amnesty International considers Woldense and the other imprisoned G-15 members to be prisoners of conscience and has called for their immediate release.