List of ambassadors of Ethiopia to China

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Ambassador of Ethiopia to China
Incumbent
Teshome Toga Chanaka
since February 20, 2019
Inaugural holder Makonnen Kebret
FormationSeptember 11, 1971

The Ethiopian ambassador in Beijing is the official representative of the Government in Addis Ababa to the Government of the People's Republic of China.

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation Ambassador Observations List of heads of government of Ethiopia Premier of the People's Republic of China Term end
September 11, 1971 Makonnen Kebret [1] Haile Selassie Zhou Enlai November 8, 1974
1973 Mulugeta Estephanos Charge d'affaires Haile Selassie Zhou Enlai 1975
January 29, 1976 Fantaye Biftu [2] [3] Mengistu Haile Mariam Hua Guofeng November 1981
1986 Philippos Wolde-Mariam [4] Mengistu Haile Mariam Zhao Ziyang 1991
April 1992 Haile Girogis Brook [5] Meles Zenawi Li Peng
April 18, 1994 Mulatu Teshome [6] Meles Zenawi Li Peng 1995
1999 Addis Alem Balema As the Ethiopian Ambassador to China, Addis Alem Balema is also the ambassador to Australia and Singapore. According to some sources, Ethiopia's former ambassador to China, Addis Alem Belema, refused to return home, where he had been assigned a new role within the Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (Effort), a consortium [7] [8] Negaso Gidada Zhu Rongji 2004
2006 Dibaba Abdetta Charge d'affaires Girma Wolde-Giorgis Wen Jiabao June 2007
June 10, 2007 Haile-Kiros Gessesse Member of the Democratic Revolutionary Front of the Ethiopian People. Council of Representatives, former representative of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front in Washington, London and Khartoum Dr. Haile Woldemichael, Council Member Girma Wolde-Giorgis Wen Jiabao February 2011
February 15, 2011 Seyoum Mesfin To underscore the importance of its relationship with China, Ethiopia sent its acting and acting Minister of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, Seyoum Mesfin, in early 2011 as its ambassador to Beijing. [9] Girma Wolde-Giorgis Wen Jiabao August 2017
August 2017 Berhane Gebre-Christos [10] Mulatu Teshome Li Keqiang

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References

  1. Survey of China Midland Press.
  2. "REPORT OF THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE JOINT FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION". www.fao.org. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  3. Wolfgang Bartke  [ es ], The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of November 1984, Institut für Asienkunde, 1981 - 120 p., p. 91
  4. Philippos Wolde-Mariam
  5. Ethiopian Review. Ethiopian Review Magazine. May 1992.
  6. China Directory. 1995.
  7. China's Foreign Affairs. World Affairs Press. 2007.
  8. Sullivan, Leanne (2009). Who's who in Australia. Crown Content. ISBN   9781740951661.
  9. Seyoum Mesfin Gebredingle
  10. Yalew, Getachew (18 August 2017). "Ethiopia picks new ambassador to China". People's Daily Online.