Girma Wolde-Giorgis

Girma Wolde-Giorgis
ግርማ ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ
Girma in 2006
President of Ethiopia
In office
8 October 2001 – 7 October 2013
Prime MinisterMeles Zenawi
Hailemariam Desalegn
Preceded byNegasso Gidada
Succeeded byMulatu Teshome
Personal details
Born(1924-12-28)28 December 1924
Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
Died15 December 2018(2018-12-15) (aged 93)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia[1]
Resting placeHoly Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Political partyIndependent

Girma Wolde-Giorgis (Amharic: ግርማ ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ; 28 December 1924 – 15 December 2018)[2] was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013.[3] He was the second person to hold the office of president since the founding of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1995.

  1. ^ "President Girma Passes Away at 94". Addis Fortune.
  2. ^ Arefayné Fantahun (14 October 2016). "The Life of Girma Wolde Giorgis". Ethiopia Observer. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. ^ Ethiopia's President in Saudi Arabia for medical checkup – State Media Archived 17 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Nazret.com (13 March 2012).