Ethiopia’s Deputy PM takes over after Meles’ death
Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012Desalegne has now made history as the first Protestant Christian head of government and one of few southern region politicians in the Ethiopia’s Cabinet.
The 47-year-old politician was appointed deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs in September 2010, after the ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front won a fourth consecutive election.
The party’s congress promoted Desalegne to deputy chair of the party a few weeks later.
Desalegne became seriously involved in politics in the late 1990s as a member of Ethiopia’s ruling party.
The acting prime minister’s education is in civil engineering.
He is expected to take the oath as prime minister in the coming days. It is not clear if he will remain in power until the next elections in 2015.
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