Hailemariam Desalegn
Hailemariam Desalegn Bosche ( Amharic ኃይለማሪያም ደሳለኝ , born July 19, 1965 in Woreda Boloso Sore, region of the southern nations, nationalities and peoples ) is an Ethiopian politician . From September 15, 2012 to February 15, 2018 he was Prime Minister of his country and chairman of the ruling coalition of parties, Revolutionary Democratic Front of the Ethiopian Peoples (EPDRF).
Hailemariam Desalegn belongs to the Wolaytta , an ethnic group from southern Ethiopia. He is not an Orthodox Christian like most Ethiopian Christians, but a Protestant . He belongs to the non-Trinitarian Pentecostals .
Professional career
He studied civil engineering with a bachelor's degree at the University of Addis Ababa . After two years as an assistant at the Institute of Water Technology in Arba Minch , he received a scholarship at the TU Tampere (Finland), where he received a master's degree in waste management . He then worked at various academic and administrative institutions, including 13 years dean of the Institute for Water Technology in Arba Minch (now a technical university). He earned a master's degree in organizational management from Azusa Pacific University , California .
Political career
On September 1, 2010, he was appointed Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, and on September 15, 2012, he was elected Prime Minister by the Ethiopian Parliament.
On January 27, 2013, the General Assembly of the African Union elected him chairman of the AU. In January 2014 the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz took over this office.
After years of nationwide protests against the Ethiopian government in which several hundred people died, Hailemariam Desalegn announced his resignation as Prime Minister and EPDRF Chairman on February 15, 2018. He remains in office until a successor takes over. At the end of March 2018, Research and Technology Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was elected as the new party leader and followed him as Prime Minister on April 2, 2018.
literature
- Hailemariam Desalegn , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 08/2013 from February 19, 2013, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely available)
Web links
- Daily Ethiopia 9 November 2010 . Interview "A New Leader in Office" with Hailemariam Desalegn (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography . With photos. Accessed September 23, 2012
- ↑ www.diplomatie.gouv.fr (English; accessed on July 6, 2013)
- ↑ Christoph Titz: The Mind Guardian Reaches for Power Spiegel Online, March 28, 2018, accessed on the same day.
- ↑ BBC News: Abiy Ahmed: Ethiopia's prime minister. September 14, 2018 , accessed October 25, 2018
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Desalegn, Hailemariam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Desalegne, Hailemariam |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boloso Sore, Region of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples |