Mulatu Teshome

Mulatu Teshome
Mulatu Teshome
ሙላቱ ተሾመ
	Mulatu in 2019
President of Ethiopia
	In office; 7 October 2013 – 25 October 2018
Prime Minister	Hailemariam Desalegn; Abiy Ahmed
Preceded by	Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Succeeded by	Sahle-Work Zewde
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	1957 (age 66–67); Arjo, East Welega, Ethiopian Empire
Political party	Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization
Other political; affiliations	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Spouse	Meaza Abraham
Alma mater	Peking University; Beijing Language and Culture University; The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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Mulatu Teshome Wirtu (Oromo: Mulaatuu Tashoome Wirtuu; Amharic: ሙላቱ ተሾመ ውርቱ; born 1957^[2]) is an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 2013 to 2018.^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ Getty Images, President of Ethiopia, Mulatu Teshome
^ Hawassaonline.com. "Dr Mulatu Teshome Ethiopian Biography". www.hawassaonline.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^ "Ethiopia lawmakers to appoint new president". The East African. 19 August 2020.
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