Duri Mohammed (1936– 2015) was an Ethiopian government official. He is known for co-founding the Harari National League. Duri Mohammed was born in Harar in 1936. He earned his BA in 1959 from what was called University College of Addis Ababa, now Addis Ababa University. From there, he was sent to earn an MA in economics from University of California, Berkeley (1962). He completed his doctorate at the University of Reading in the UK (1972). Duri was president of Addis Ababa University (1977-1985) and (1993-1995). He served as Minister for Planning and Economic Development under the Meles Zenawi administration as well as Ethiopian ambassador to the United Nations. Upon Duri's controversial appointment as president of Addis Ababa University in 1993 by the new government of Ethiopia, 42 staff