Girma Wolde-Giorgis

Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
ግርማ ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ
	Girma in 2006
President of Ethiopia
	In office; 8 October 2001 – 7 October 2013
Prime Minister	Meles Zenawi; Hailemariam Desalegn
Preceded by	Negasso Gidada
Succeeded by	Mulatu Teshome
Personal details
Born	28 December 1924; Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
Died	15 December 2018 (aged 93); Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Resting place	Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Political party	Independent

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.

^ "President Girma Passes Away at 94". Addis Fortune.
^ 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.
^ Ethiopia's President in Saudi Arabia for medical checkup – State Media Archived 17 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Nazret.com (13 March 2012).

[Death_place-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).

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