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Meles Zenawi Asres (Tigringa and Amharic: መለስ ዜናዊ ኣስረስ; pronounced [mɛllɛs zenawi asrɛs] listen ⓘ), born Legesse Zenawi Asres (8 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) [2] was an Ethiopian politician and a former anti-Derg militant who served as president of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and as prime minister from 1995 until his ...
The premiership of Meles Zenawi began in August 1995 following the 1995 Ethiopian general election and ended upon his death on 20 August 2012. Whilst serving as Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi concurrently served as the Leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).
Meles state funeral was conducted on 2 September with thousands of mourners gathering near Meskel Square to pay tribute. According to Ethiopian officials, the state funeral was attended by hundreds of political and public figures from around the world, most of them African leaders, including South African President Jacob Zuma and Sudanese ...
Azeb is the widow of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. [2] She is the founder and patron of National Initiative for Mental Health of Ethiopia. [3] In early 2009, she was appointed CEO of the Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray by its head Abadi Zemu. [4]
The Council of Ministers of Meles Zenawi or Zenawi cabinet, was the cabinet of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who ruled Ethiopia from 1991 until his death in 2012. The cabinet was formed on 11 October 2005 with the aim of tackling government weakness and to end poverty in Ethiopia. Critics stated that the new cabinet cannot afford accountability ...
After the fall of the Derg and the establishment of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia in 1991, the first immediate president (Meles Zenawi) has to be considered an Interim President. Since the formal establishment of the office of president in 1987, there have been 6 official presidents. The president is the head of state of Ethiopia.
Meles worked in negotiation between Sudan and South Sudan on details of their split and largely used as neutral broker in their relations. This was aggravated after his death in 2012. [ 24 ] In September 2011, Meles dismissed an allegation in leaked diplomatic cables quoting Meles' desire to topple the Sudanese President al-Bashir.
This is a list of heads of government of Ethiopia since the formation of the post of Chief Minister of the Ethiopian Empire in 1909 (renamed to Prime Minister in 1943). Since 1909, there have been 3 chief ministers and 11 prime ministers and one was both chief minister and prime minister, making a total of 15 persons being or having been head of government.