Sahle-Work Zewde

Sahle-Work Zewde
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In this Ethiopian name, the name Zewde is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Sahle-Work.

Sahle-Work Zewde
ሣህለ ወርቅ ዘውዴ
Sahle-Work in 2016
President of Ethiopia
Ambassador to
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2018
Prime Minister	Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by	Mulatu Teshome
Under Secretary-General, Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union
Ambassador to
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
Ambassador to
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
Ambassador to
In office 1989–1993
President	Mengistu Haile-Mariam Tesfaye Gebre Kidan Meles Zenawi
Personal details
Born	(1950-02-21) 21 February 1950 (age 74) Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
Nationality	Ethiopian
Political party	Independent
Education	University of Montpellier

Sahle-Work Zewde (Amharic: ሣህለ ወርቅ ዘውዴ, nyɛla bɛ ni doɣi so silimiin gɔli February pishi ni yini dali yuuni 1950) o nyɛla Ethiopia siyaasa nira ni diplomat ŋun nyɛ Ethiopia tingban zuɣulana din nya din gbaai yuuni 2018, ŋun n daa nyɛ paɣa so tuuli ŋun gbubi lala office maa. O daa nyɛla Federal Parliamentary Assembly niriba ni pii so zuɣulana anashaara gɔli October biɛɣu pishi ni anu yuuni 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 96th most powerful woman in the world, and the highest-ranking African woman on the list.^[2]

O piligu mini o shikuru chandi

Bɛ doɣi mi Addis Ababa,^[3] Sahle-Work din nyɛ din yi Amhara mini Gurage yaɣali.^{[citation needed]} ŋuni n nyɛ bi'kpɛm sani bihi anahi puuni.^[4] O nyɛla ŋun chaŋ elementary mini secondary school la Lycée Guebre-Mariam din be Addis Ababa, din nyaaŋa ka bohim natural science shikuru ni yuli booni University of Montpellier, France.^[5][6] O nyɛla ŋun mali yuli bee ŋun mali yiko zaŋ chaŋ Amharic, French, ni English.^[7]

O tuma

Diplomatic career

Sahle-Work ko n daa nyɛ ninvuɣu so ŋun pahiri ayi bɛ ni pii assador inhiopian history (ambassador Yodit Emiru ko n daa nyɛ paɣa so ŋun gbubi ambassador tali maa). O daa nyɛla bassador ofzaŋ n-ti mmunist People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia mini st-civil war Transitional Government of Ethiopia.^[8][9]

Veteran Ethiopian foreign service tuma puuni, Sahle-Work daa nyɛla Ambassador zaŋ n-ti Senegal,^[10] ni Mali, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia n-ti pahi Guinea, bini din gbaai yuuni 1989 zaŋ hali ni yuuni 1993.^[8] Bini din gbaai yuuni 1993 zaŋ hali ni yuuni 2002, o daa nyɛla Ambassador zaŋ n-ti Djibouti mini Permanent Representative zaŋ n-ti Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).^[11][12] Di daa nyɛla zaashee din nyɛ jilima dini, ka mani Djibouti ni daa nyɛ landlocked country's primary route to sea trade. O ni daa be ni maa ni daa chami ka o nyɛ hankali zaŋ kpa daabiligim polo. O daa nyɛla ŋun gbubi lala kpamli ŋɔ hali ni yuuni 2002.^[4] Din nyaaŋa o daa nyɛla ŋun niŋ Ambassador zaŋ n-ti France,^[10] ka niŋ ''Permanent Representative'' zaŋ n-ti United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ka daa nyɛ ŋun accredited zaŋ ti Tunisia mini Morocco yuuni 2002 zaŋ hali ni yuuni 2006.^[13]

Sahle-Work lahi nyɛla ŋun gbubi tuunshaŋa ka mani Permanent Representative, Ethiopia zaŋ n-ti African Union mini United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) ni Director-General zaŋ n-ti African Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs puuni, Ethiopia.^[13]

Career with the United Nations

Yuuni 2011, Sahle-Work daa nyɛla ninvuɣu gahindili ŋun zani n-ti United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ni zuɣulana zaŋ n-ti United Nations Integrated Peace-building Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA).^[14]

Sahle-Work during interview in Nairobi, 2016

Yuuni 2011, Ban daa nyɛla ŋun piigi Sahle-Work Director-General zaŋ n-ti United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON).^[15] Sahle-Work, saha,Nairobi office daa nyɛla din kpa talahi UN hub East mini Central Africa, yuuni 2012 Africa nashaara gɔli June yuuni 2018, ntónio Guterres ŋun secretary general daa pii la Sahle-Work n niŋ o Special Representative zaŋ n-ti African Union mini Head of the United Nations Office zaŋ n-ti African Union (UNOAU) o ni daa nyɛ Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.^[13] ŋuni n daa nyɛ paɣa so ŋun nyɛ piligu n gbubi kpamli ŋɔ.^[15] Saha ŋɔ, di daa nyɛla tɛhi shɛli din n be niriba suhuri ni ka mani Sahle-Work nyɛla ŋun maani shɛli ni o che tuma.^[4]

President of Ethiopia

Zuɣulana Mulatu Teshome daa nyɛla ŋun chɛ tuma anashaara gɔli 24 October yuuni 2018, ka Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed piigi Sahle-Work n niŋ Teshome's successor. Piibu ŋɔ daa nyɛla Abiy ni bori ni paɣa bee doo nyɛ yim gomlantɛ maa ni, o daa mali la dihi tabili ni ŋɔ nyɛla din yɛn tuhi kari tunbiɛri biɛhigu puuni. Sahle-Work daa nyɛla bɛ ni pii so president of Ethiopia ka Federal Parliamentary Assembly daa saɣi n ti li anashaara gɔli 25 October. Ŋun daa nyɛ piligu paɣa so ŋun tum tuma n ti o zaashee mini o tuma^[4][16] ni ''fourth president since the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition was elected in the newly established Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia yuuni 1995.^[17][18] .^[7]

Sahle-Work meets with Helen Clark in 2019.

O ni daa nyɛ zuɣulana, Sahle-Work daa nyɛla ŋun ka milinsi zaŋ chaŋ domestic politics.^[4] Although her role is largely ceremonial (with most executive power lying with the prime minister), Sahle-Work piibupiibu daa chami ka o niŋ Ethiopia paɣa ŋun nyɛ zuɣulana Zewditu saha.^[7] Saha shɛli bɛ daa pii o, Sahle-Work n daa nyɛ paɣa so ŋun nyɛ zuɣulana, Africa,^[3] ka yuuni 2021, o daa nyɛla Samia Suluhu puuni yino, Tanzania.^[7]

Anashaara gɔli 25 March yuuni 2020, Sahle-Work daa nyɛla ŋun n yɛli Twitter ni di be ka dama o nyɛla ŋun suhi n deegi dansarika niriba kalinli din gari 4,000 din yɛn che ka o gu ka taɣi doro din yuli booni COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia.^[19] O daa lahi nyɛla ŋun suhi deegi dansarika niriba gari 1,500 anashaara gɔli 2 April yuuni 2020.^[20]

Sahle-Work meetingy with Foreign Minister of Austria Alexander Schallenberg in January 2021

Anashaara gɔli December biɛɣ'pishi yini ka dali yuuni 2020, Sahle-Work daa che ka bɛ gbaai ommuted the death sentences of former Derg kpamba kura Berhanu Bayeh mini Adis Tedla n-ti kpari ka yɛli ni bɛ yɛn be la dansarika ŋɔ ni hali ni bɛ nyɛvuli tariga. Bɛ daa zaŋ ba labisi na Italian "embassy" saha bela nyaaŋa Derg regime's collapse in 1991 ka na kuli be ni hali ni zuŋɔ. Bɛ daa zaŋ Berhanu mini Adis niŋ dansarika ni yuuni 2008 ka yɛli ni bɛ be la din ni hali ni bɛ nyɛvuli tariga amaa be daa nya "parole"silimin gɔli December biɛɣ'pishi ni anahi dali.^[21]

Sahle-Work daa nyɛla ŋun bori ni o ku shintɔni shali din n be gray War mini gray People's Liberation Front (Tsunsuuni PLF) ka daa doli soli shɛli din nyɛ" yɛltɔɣa gbaabu din ka zalikpana", o nyɛla ŋun daa lahi tabi sɔŋ TPLF attacks "ni so shɛŋa bɛ ni yɛn doli mali yɛltɔɣa maa".^[22][23]

Lahi Lihimi m pahi

• List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government

Kundivihira

1. Ethiopia gets first female president. BBC (25 October 2018).
2. The World's 100 Most Powerful Women.
3. Gebreselassie, Elias (27 October 2018). Who is Sahle-Work Zewde, Ethiopia's first female president?.
4. Boko, Hermann (26 October 2018). Sahle-Work Zewde, the diplomat who's become Ethiopia's first female president. “"She is an Amhara, the ethnic group that ruled during the communist regime and was marginalised for a long time. The elite from this community would like to get back to business. The Amharas also supported Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. She will play the role of an internal ambassador to reduce any divisions that may exist within this community,” says Prunier.”
5. Sahle-Work Zewde poised to be Ethiopia's first female president (24 October 2018).
6. Ethiopia appoints career diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde as Africa's only female president.
7. Sahle-Work Zewde named Ethiopia's first woman president. Al Jazeera (25 October 2018).
8. "Celebrating Ethiopian Women: Ambassador Sahle-work Zewde". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ethiopia). 2018-03-22. https://mfaethiopiablog.wordpress.com/2018/03/22/celebrating-ethiopian-women-ambassador-sahle-work-zewde/.
9. Haslach, Patricia (2015-03-18). "Remarks by U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia Patricia M. Haslach at the Opening of the Second Annual Career Day on Women in Diplomacy". Embassy of the United States in Ethiopia. https://et.usembassy.gov/sp-03182015/.
10. Schemm, Paul (25 October 2018). "Ethiopia appoints first female president in its modern history in latest reform". The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/ethiopia-appoints-first-female-president-in-its-modern-history-in-latest-reform/2018/10/25/3514d3a4-d82b-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756_story.html?noredirect=on.
11. "News Alert: Ambassador Sahlework Zewde to become Ethiopia's president". Addis Standard. 24 October 2018. https://addisstandard.com/news-alert-ambassador-sahlework-zewde-to-become-ethiopias-president/.
12. Ms. Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia – Special Representative to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) Archived 25 Silimin gɔli October 2018 at the Wayback Machine United Nations, press release of 27 June 2018.
13. Ms. Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia – Special Representative to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU). United Nations (27 June 2018).
14. Tchounand, Ristel (25 October 2018). "Sahle-Work Zewde devient la première femme chef d'Etat de l'Ethiopie" (fr-FR). La Tribune. https://afrique.latribune.fr/politique/2018-10-25/sahle-work-zewde-devient-la-premiere-femme-chef-d-etat-de-l-ehtiopie-795309.html.
15. Dahir, Abdi Latif (25 October 2018). Ethiopia elects female president Sahle-Work Zewde.
16. "Ethiopia's parliament approves Sahle-Work Zewde as president". Reuters. 25 October 2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-politics/ethiopias-parliament-approves-sahle-work-zewde-as-president-idUSKCN1MZ0WO.
17. George Obulutsa (25 October 2018), Ethiopia's parliament approves Sahle-Work Zewde as first female president Archived 25 Silimin gɔli October 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters.
18. Sahle-Work Zewde Becomes First Ethiopian Woman President (25 October 2018).
19. Adebayo, Bukola (26 March 2020). Ethiopia pardons more than 4,000 prisoners to help prevent coronavirus spread.
20. Ethiopia pardons additional 1, 559 inmates (en-US) (2 April 2020).
21. Ethiopian war criminals able to leave Italian embassy after nearly 30 years (30 December 2020).
22. Ethiopian president Sahle-work Zewde calls for negotiations to end Tigray war (en) (2022-10-11).
23. Ethiopian President Zewde Calls For Negotiations to End Civil War (en-US) (2022-10-11).

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Preceded by Mulatu Teshome	President of Ethiopia 2018–present	Incumbent

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