Seleshi Bekele (Amharic: ስለሺ በቀለ) is an Ethiopian politician and academic who served as the Chief Negotiator and Advisor on Transboundary Rivers and GERD at Office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2021 and ambassador of Ethiopia to the US from 2022 to 2024.

Prior to this position, He served as the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia from 2018 to 2021.

[2] Seleshi is known for actively participating in the tri-lateral negotiations with Sudan and Egypt in regards to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

[3] In this regards, he is the first Minister of Water to appear before the U.N. Security Council representing Ethiopia's Standpoint about GERD.

On 6 May 2022, he was appointed as ambassador of Ethiopia to the US which lasted until 26 May 2024 for the sake of pursuing his private career.