Berhane Abrehe (Tigrinya: በርሃነ አብረሀ) is an Eritrean top government official who, served as the country's Minister of Finance of Eritrea from 2001 to 2014. He was born in 1945. In 1972, Berhane Abrehe graduated with a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has held the post of Director of Macro-Economic policy in the office of the President of Eritrea, subsequently advancing to his Cabinet position and becoming the third Minister of Finance in the 14 years since Eritrea's proclamation of independence in May 1993. His status was described as unclear in a 2007 leaked US cable.