Tamirat Layne

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Tamirat Layne (spelling Amharic ታምራት ላይኔ ; * 1955 in what was then the Abyssinian Empire ) was head of the transitional government of Ethiopia during the phase of democratic transformation.

From June 6, 1991 to August 22, 1995, he was the first Prime Minister of Ethiopia after the civil war in Ethiopia . The Lutheran is a member of the Amharic National Democratic Movement ( ANDB ), which is a member party of the coalition of the Revolutionary Democratic Front .

The revolution

In the Ethiopian civil war during the 1980s he was the leader of the Democratic Movement of the Ethiopian People ( EPDM , the predecessor party of the ANDB ) and fought with other opposition groups against the dictatorship of Derg and Mengistu Haile Mariam .

Political career 1991–2000

When Mengistu was overthrown in 1991, Layne became Prime Minister one of three people in the triumvirate of the EPRDF with the Tigray People's Liberation Front , which was to rule the country for the transitional period and then be unformed into a democratically elected government; the remaining members were Meles Zenawi (President) and Siye Abraha (Defense Minister). On August 22, 1995, the previous President Meles Zenawi replaced him as Prime Minister. Layne became Deputy Prime Minister until October 1996 when he was released.

release

Tamirat Layne was serving an originally 18-year prison sentence for 12 years after a court convicted him of corruption and embezzlement of charges. He was released on December 19, 2008. The court highlighted his good behavior while in detention as a reason for his release. Since his family moved to Germany , he has been expected to follow them. Tamirat Layne has converted to Protestant Christianity since he was imprisoned and has announced that he will not work in any political organizations, but will serve Jesus Christ and strive for the well-being of his people.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Young, "The Tigray and Eritrea Peoples Liberation Fronts: A History of Tensions and Pragmatism". Journal of Modern African Studies , 34 (1996), p. 114
  2. ↑ http://www.jstor.org/stable/161740
personal data
SURNAME Layne, Tamirat
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ethiopian head of the transitional government during the democratic transformation phase
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH former empire of Abyssinia