Solomon Areda Waktolla (Amharic፡ ሰለሞን አረዳ ዋቅቶላ, Afan Oromo: Solomoon Araddaa Waqtolaa, born April 29, 1975) is the current Deputy Chief Justice/Vice President of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia. Deputy Chief Justice Waktolla is a prominent Ethiopian lawyer with 23 years of experience in the practice of law, public administration and policy research who is committed for seeing a free and independent judiciary in Ethiopia. Deputy Chief Justice Waktolla, served in the Ethiopian Judiciary mainly as a judge for 18 years on different levels of the court in both regional and federal positions. In addition, Deputy Chief Justice Waktolla, has been appointed to the membership of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague, Netherlands for a six-year term to serve as an Arbitrator.