Mulatu Teshome

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This article contains a patronymic name. This person is addressed by his given name, Mulatu, and not as Teshome.
Mulatu Teshome
ሙላቱ ተሾመ
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8th President of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Assumed office
7 October 2013
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn
Preceded by Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
In office
17 October 2001 – 1 July 2003
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
Preceded by Mengistu Hulluka
Succeeded by Addisu Legesse
Personal details
Born 1955/1956 (age 67–68)
Arjo, Ethiopian Empire
(now Arjo, Ethiopia)
Political party Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization
Other political
affiliations		 Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Alma mater Peking University
Religion Ethiopian Orthodoxy

Mulatu Teshome Wirtu (Ge'ez: ሙላቱ ተሾመ, born 1955 or 1956)[1] is an Ethiopian politician who has been President of Ethiopia since 7 October 2013.[1][2]

Biography

Mulatu was born in the town of Arjo in Welega Province.[3] He was educated in China, receiving his bachelor's degree in philosophy of political economy and doctorate in international law at Peking University.[3] 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.[4] He was also Speaker of the House of Federation from 2002 to 2005.[4] He served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to China, Japan, and Turkey.[1][2][5]

While serving as Ambassador to Turkey, he was elected as President of Ethiopia by a unanimous parliamentary vote[2] on 7 October 2013. Girma Seifu of the Unity for Democracy and Justice, the sole opposition member of parliament, welcomed his election.[2] Like his predecessors Girma Wolde-Giorgis and Negasso Gidada, he is Oromo.[1][6]

Mulatu has one son.[7]

References

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Political offices
Preceded by President of Ethiopia
2013–present		 Incumbent
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