Sahle-Work Zewde

Sahle-Work Zewde
Sahle-Work Zewde
ሣህለ ወርቅ ዘውዴ
	Sahle-Work in 2022
President of Ethiopia
	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
	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 (age 74); 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 politician and diplomat who has served as president of Ethiopia since 2018, 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 96th most powerful woman in the world, and the highest-ranking African woman on the list.^[2]

^ "Ethiopia gets first female president". BBC. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
^ "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

[1] "Ethiopia gets first female president". BBC. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

[Forbes_Powerful_Women_2020-2] "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". Forbes. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

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