Mulatu Teshome
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Mulatu Teshome Wirtu (Ge'ez: ሙላቱ ተሾመ, born 1955 or 1956)[1] is an Ethiopian politician who has been President of Ethiopia since 7 October 2013.[1][2]
Biography
Mulatu was born in the town of Arjo in Welega Province.[3] He was educated in China, receiving his bachelor's degree in philosophy of political economy and doctorate in international law at Peking University.[3] He taught at some "foreign universities and institutions", according to Speaker Abadula Gemeda.
In the "mid-1990s" he was Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Cooperation under Minister Girma Birru, and he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture in 2001.[4] He was also Speaker of the House of Federation from 2002 to 2005.[4] He served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to China, Japan, and Turkey.[1][2][5]
While serving as Ambassador to Turkey, he was elected as President of Ethiopia by a unanimous parliamentary vote[2] on 7 October 2013. Girma Seifu of the Unity for Democracy and Justice, the sole opposition member of parliament, welcomed his election.[2] Like his predecessors Girma Wolde-Giorgis and Negasso Gidada, he is Oromo.[1][6]
Mulatu has one son.[7]
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- 1950s births
- Ambassadors of Ethiopia to China
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- Government ministers of Ethiopia
- Living people
- Oromo people
- Presidents of Ethiopia
- Peking University alumni
- Ethiopian Orthodox Christians
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- Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization politicians
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