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Damtew Tessema Deneke (Amharic ዳምጠው ተሰማ); born on April in 1983) is an Ethiopian- Amhara politician, an assistant professor of International Relations at Debre Birhan University, and the co-founder  and Head of Foreign Affairs of National Movement of Amhara (NaMA). He proved to be one of the key figures in institutionalizing and leading the second phase of the post-1993 Amhara nationalism. He acquired his first in Political Science and International Relations (PSIR) and second degree in International Relations from Addis Ababa University.  Professionally, He wrote academic articles that are related to leadership, human rights, Election and voter education, democratic governance of the security sector, and Amhara population. He has served Ministry of Defense  and Human rights commission of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) an as intelligence office ( from 9 December 2007 to 30 June 2013 and senior researcher ( from 26 November 2013 to August 2016)  respectively. Then, after serving Assosa University for four years he has joined the academic unit of Debre Birhan University. Currently he has been involving in both the academic and political matters.