Zeynu Jemal Ummer (born 20 October 1972) is an Ethiopian diplomat and statesman who is the current Director of the UNDP Resilience Hub for Africa since 2024.

Previously, he served as Team Lead and Senior Chief Technical Adviser for the UNDP Africa Borderlands Centre based in Nairobi, Kenya.

As a senior diplomat with the Ethiopian Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, [5] he managed bilateral level and multilateral cooperation on issues of conflict resolution, regional economic integration, political issues, counter terrorism and other transnational crime prevention for the government of Ethiopia.

On 25 June 2018, he was the Commissioner General of Ethiopian Federal Police and managed a critical period in Ethiopia's transition from a repressive regime to democracy.

[6] He was responsible for handling transition related chaotic situations, leading Ethiopia's efforts to enforce the rule of law and prevent organized national and trans-border crimes.