Addis Ababa is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. In the 2007 census,the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. Addis Ababa is a highly developed and important cultural,artistic,financial and administrative center of Ethiopia. It is widely known as one of Africa's major capitals.
Girma Wolde-Giorgis was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013. He was the second person to hold the office of president since the founding of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1995.
Addis Ababa University (AAU) is a national university located in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia. It is the oldest university in Ethiopia. AAU has thirteen campuses. Twelve of these are situated in Addis Ababa,and one is located in Bishoftu,about 45 kilometres (28 mi) away. AAU has several associated research institutions including the Institute of Ethiopian Studies. The Ministry of Education admits qualified students to AAU based on their score on the Ethiopian University Entrance Examination (EUEE).
Tesfaye Gebre Kidan Geletu was an Ethiopian general who was the acting president of Ethiopia for one week in late May 1991.
Famines in Ethiopia have occurred periodically throughout the history of the country.
Berhanu Nega is an Ethiopian politician who is serving as the current Minister of Education of Ethiopia. He previously was the mayor elect of Addis Ababa,Ethiopia,in the 2005 Ethiopian general elections. He is a founding chairman of the Rainbow Ethiopia:Movement for Democracy and Social Justice and a Deputy Chairman of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD),for whom he served as chief election campaign strategist. He is also the co-founder and leader of Ginbot 7,an anti-government rebel group. Until mid-2018,he was labelled a terrorist by the Ethiopian government.
Haramaya University (HU) is a public research university in Haramaya,Oromia Region,Ethiopia. It is approximately 510 kilometres (320 mi) east of Addis Ababa,Ethiopia. The Ministry of Science and Higher Education admits qualified students to Haramaya University based on their score on the Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Examination (EHEEE).
Ethiopia is a landlocked sovereign country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north,Sudan to the west,South Sudan to the south-west,Kenya to the south,Somalia to the east and Djibouti to the north-east. Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in the world and Africa's second-most populous nation. Ethiopia has yielded some of humanity's oldest traces,making the area important in the history of human evolution. Recent studies claim that the vicinity of present-day Addis Ababa was the point from which human beings migrated around the world. Ethiopian dynastic history traditionally began with the reign of Emperor Menelik I in 1000 BC. The roots of the Ethiopian state are similarly deep,dating with unbroken continuity to at least the Aksumite Empire and its predecessor state,D`mt. After a period of decentralized power in the 18th and early 19th centuries known as the Zemene Mesafint,the country was reunited in 1855 by Kassa Hailu,who became Emperor Tewodros II,beginning Ethiopia's modern history. Ethiopia's borders underwent significant territorial expansion to its modern borders for the rest of the century,especially by Emperor Menelik II and Ras Gobena,culminating in its victory over the Italians at the Battle of Adwa in 1896 with the military leadership of Ras Makonnen,and ensuring its sovereignty and freedom from colonization. It was occupied by Benito Mussolini's Fascist Italy from 1936 to 1941,ending with its liberation by British Empire and Ethiopian Patriot forces. Its eastern border also changed in 1950 from the former 1908 Convention Line to the subsequent provisional administrative line.
Ethiopia–Japan relations are the international relations between Ethiopia and Japan. Before the Second Italo-Ethiopian War the Japanese worked towards economic goals with the Ethiopians in attempts to expand Japan's trade with the rest of the world.
Sahle-Work Zewde is an Ethiopian politician and diplomat who has served as the 5th president of Ethiopia since 2018,the first woman to hold the office. She was elected as president unanimously by members of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly on 25 October 2018.
Ambaye Wolde Mariam,also known as,Dr. Ambaye,was an Ethiopian politician under Emperor Haile Selassie. He was the political and legal advisor to the Duke of Harar in 1935,Vice Minister of Justice in 1942,Vice Foreign Minister in 1946,Minister of Justice in 1947 and Minister in the Prime Minister's Office in 1952. He was Foreign Minister (acting) in 1953 until shortly before his death.
Goshu Wolde is a former Ethiopian Foreign Minister and worked as minister of education,of Ethiopia from 1983 to 1986. Wolde,formerly a foreign minister under Mengistu,resigned the Mengistu government in 1986,by sending his resignation letter from New York City to Ethiopian Head of State Mengistu Haile Mariam,stating dictatorship,cruelty and deterioration of Revolution in his letter,and established himself in United States in opposition to the Mengistu Government In the year 1992,Wolde founded the Ethiopian Medhin Democratic Party,in Washington D.C. He made a famous speech to the US Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs in 1991 and that speech is still shared and discussed by millions of Ethiopians. Wolde was the leader of two foreign based group movements,the shadowy Free Soldiers Movement and the Ethiopian Movement for Democracy,Peace and Unity.
The Ministry of Education is an Ethiopian government department responsible for the governance and policies of education. It is headquartered in Arada Sub-City,Addis Ababa. It is responsible for overseeing the teaching and learning process throughout the country from elementary school education to higher secondary school education. It regulates the general curriculum of public schools and also sets the precedent for private schools. The department also has,in accord with Ethiopian law,the authority to regulate all institutions of learning to a certain limited extent.
Takele Uma Banti is an Ethiopian politician who is currently serving as the CEO of Ethio-Djibouti Railways since 2024. He was the Minister of Mines and Petroleum from 2020 to 2023. He also served as Mayor of Addis Ababa from 2018 to 2020.
Dagmawit Moges Bekele is an Ethiopian politician who was Minister of Transport and Communications of Ethiopia from October 2018 to 14 January 2023. Dagmawit became Deputy Mayor of Addis Ababa in July 2018. She began working as AU's Peace Fund Secretariat since March 2023.
Samuel Urkato Kurke is an Ethiopian politician and cabinet minister since October 2018. He was president of Wolaita Sodo University before becoming Ministry of Mines and Petroleum and has been Minister of Science and Higher Education (MoSHE) since August 2020 until the ministry merge into Ministry of Education on 6 October 2021.
Hirut Woldemariam is an Ethiopian writer,teacher,politician and former minister of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Ethiopia),Ministry of Culture and Tourism,Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. She was the first female Vice president of Addis Ababa University.
Lia Tadesse Gebremedhin is an Ethiopian politician and physician who served as the Minister of Health from 12 March 2020 until 8 February 2024. Prior to her appointment,Lia served as State Minister of Health from November 2018. She also served as an Executive Director at the University of Michigan's Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT) in Ann Arbor,Michigan,as a CEO and Vice Provost in St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) in Addis Ababa and as a Project Director of USAID's Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) at Jhpiego-Ethiopia.
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