Sahle-Work Zewde | |
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ሣህለ ወርቅ ዘውዴ | |
.jpg) Sahle-Work in 2022 | |
| President of Ethiopia | |
| In office 25 October 2018 – 7 October 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Abiy Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Mulatu Teshome |
| Succeeded by | Taye Atske Selassie |
| Under Secretary-General, Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union | |
| In office 27 June 2018 – 25 October 2018 | |
| Appointed by | António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Haile Menkerios |
| Succeeded by | Hanna Tetteh |
| Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi | |
| In office 2011–2018 | |
| Appointed by | Ban Ki-moon António Guterres |
| Preceded by | Achim Steiner |
| Succeeded by | Hanna Tetteh |
| Ambassador to Senegal with accreditation to Mali, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia and Guinea | |
| In office 1989–1993 | |
| President | Mengistu Haile-Mariam Tesfaye Gebre Kidan Meles Zenawi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 February 1950 Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire |
| Political party | Independent |
| Education | University of Montpellier |
Sahle-Work Zewde (Amharic: ሣህለ ወርቅ ዘውዴ, born 21 February 1950) is an Ethiopian diplomat who served as president of Ethiopia from 2018 to 2024, the first woman to hold the office. She was elected as president unanimously by members of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly on 25 October 2018.[1]
American business magazine Forbes, on its annual edition of the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, listed Sahle-Work as the 93th most powerful woman in the world, making her the highest-ranking African woman on the list.[2][3]
- ^ "Ethiopia gets first female president". BBC. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "Sahle-Work Zewde". Forbes. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Retrieved 24 December 2020.