Alma mater Peking University Preceded by Mengistu Hulluka Education Peking University | Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Role President of Ethiopia Preceded by Girma Wolde-Giorgis Name Mulatu Teshome Succeeded by Addisu Legesse | |
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affiliations Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front Political party Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization Office President of Ethiopia since 2013 Similar People Hailemariam Desalegn, Girma Wolde‑Giorgis, Meles Zenawi, Haile Selassie, Tedros Adhanom | ||
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn Presidential term October 7, 2013 – | ||
Wu Hongbo visits "Ethiopian Village" exhibit with Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome Wirtu
Mulatu Teshome Wirtu (Ge'ez: ሙላቱ ተሾመ, born 1 January 1955) is an Ethiopian politician who has been President of Ethiopia since 7 October 2013.
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- Wu Hongbo visits Ethiopian Village exhibit with Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome Wirtu
- Cctv interviews mulatu teshome president of ethiopia
- Biography
- References
Cctv interviews mulatu teshome president of ethiopia
Biography
Mulatu was born in the town of Arjo in Welega Province. He was educated in China, receiving his bachelor's degree in philosophy of political economy and doctorate in international law at Peking University. 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. He was also Speaker of the House of Federation from 2002 to 2005. He served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to China, Japan, Turkey, and Azerbaijan.
While serving as Ambassador to Turkey, he was elected as President of Ethiopia by a unanimous parliamentary vote on 7 October 2013. Girma Seifu of the Unity for Democracy and Justice, the sole opposition member of parliament, welcomed his election. Like his predecessors Girma Wolde-Giorgis and Negasso Gidada, he is Oromo.
Mulatu has one son.