Mulatu Teshome

President of Ethiopia from 2013 to 2018

ሙላቱ ተሾመ

Mulatu in 2019

President of EthiopiaIn office
7 October 2013 – 25 October 2018Prime MinisterHailemariam Desalegn
Abiy AhmedPreceded byGirma Wolde-GiorgisSucceeded bySahle-Work ZewdeMinister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentIn office
17 October 2001 – 1 July 2003Prime MinisterMeles ZenawiPreceded byMengistu HullukaSucceeded byAddisu Legesse Personal detailsBorn1957 (age 66–67)
Arjo, East Welega, Ethiopian EmpirePolitical partyOromo Peoples' Democratic OrganizationOther political
affiliationsEthiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic FrontSpouseMeaza Abraham^[1]Alma materPeking University
Beijing Language and Culture University
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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Mulatu Teshome Wirtu (Oromo: Mulaatuu Tashoome Wirtuu; Amharic: ሙላቱ ተሾመ ውርቱ; born 1957^[2]) is an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 2013 to 2018.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Biography

Mulatu was born in the town of Arjo in Welega Province.^[6] He was educated in China, receiving his bachelor's degree in philosophy of political economy and doctorate in international politics at Peking University.^[6] He received his Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1990. He taught at some "foreign universities and institutions", according to Speaker Abadula Gemeda.

In the mid-1990s he was Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Cooperation under Minister Girma Birru, and he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture in 2001.^[7] He was also Speaker of the House of Federation from 2002 to 2005.^[7] He served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to China, Japan, Turkey,^[4]^[5]^[8] and Azerbaijan.^[9]

While serving as Ambassador to Turkey, he was elected as President of Ethiopia by a unanimous parliamentary vote^[5] on 7 October 2013. Girma Seifu of the Unity for Democracy and Justice, the sole opposition member of parliament, welcomed his election.^[5] Like his predecessors Girma Wolde-Giorgis and Negasso Gidada, he is Oromo.^[4]^[10]

Mulatu has one son.^[11]

References

^ Getty Images, President of Ethiopia, Mulatu Teshome
^ Hawassaonline.com. "Dr Mulatu Teshome Ethiopian Biography". www.hawassaonline.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Ethiopia lawmakers to appoint new president". The East African. 19 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ethiopia parliament elects Mulatu Teshome as new president". Rappler. AFP. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kussa, Mulugeta (7 October 2013). "Dr. Mulatu Teshome elected new President of Ethiopia". Ertagov.com. Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b Wei, Wang (7 October 2013). "Ethiopia Elects New President". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Ethiopia: Fine Line". Addis Fortune. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ "Sezer meets Ethiopian ambassador". Hurriyet Daily News. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ "Ilham Aliyev accepted the credentials of the Ambassador of Ethiopia to Azerbaijan, Mr. Mulatu Teshome". president.az. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
^ "Ethiopia Elects Dr. Mulatu Teshome as president". Awramba Times. 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Teklu, Dagnachew (7 October 2013). "Mulatu Teshome Elected As Ethiopia's New President". Tadias. Retrieved 7 October 2013.