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Dereje Wordofa was born on 1 February, 1966 in Ethiopian, is an Ethiopian humanist, social policy analyst and United Nations diplomat. Discover Dereje Wordofa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

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1966

Dereje Wordofa Gidda DBA (born 1 February 1966) is an Ethiopian humanist, development expert, social policy analyst and United Nations diplomat.

He currently serves as the 4th and first African president of SOS Children's Villages - the world's largest non-profit organization focused on catering for children without parental care.

Previously, he served as assistant secretary general and deputy executive director for the United Nations Population Fund, based in New York, head of regional policy at Oxfam based in Oxford and deputy program director of Save the Children UK.

Wordofa holds doctorate degree in business administration (DBA) from University of Bradford.

Dereje Wordofa was born in 1966 in Ethiopia to Haregewoin Beyene Zemariam (mother) and Wordofa Gidda Degefa (father).

1987

He Attended Hailemariam Mamo School in Debre Berhan for his high school education before proceeding to Addis Ababa University where he earned a bachelor's degree in business management in 1987.

1994

Wordofa married Tigist Gedlu Hailemariam in January 1994.

He has two daughters, Fikir Dereje and Selam Dereje.

1996

He obtained an MSc in social policy planning in developing countries from the London School of Economics in 1996 and an MBA from Oxford Brookes University in 2013.

2014

From 2014 to 2021, he studied for a doctor in business administration at the University of Bradford.

Wordofa spent a decade of his early career working for Save the Children (UK) in Ethiopia.

He had a stint at the American Friends Service Committee as a regional director for Africa where he formulated public policy and developed comprehensive advocacy strategy.

He was Oxfam country representative in Uganda and later became head of regional policy based in Oxford.

In this position, he coordinated the organisation's programmes and liaised with government, non-governmental organisations and donors and provided strategic leadership to regional policy advisors of Oxfam.

In 2014, he joined SOS Children's Villages – an international nonprofit organization focused on helping children without parental care as an international director for Eastern and Southern African region and later became deputy chief operating officer for Africa and the Middle East where he improved programme quality and child safeguarding in the regions.

2018

He left SOS Children's Villages to join United Nations as an assistant secretary general and deputy executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), April 2018.

In this position, Wordofa promoted UNFPA global programmes on sexual reproductive health and rights and represented the UN Secretary General at engagements with heads of government of member states and other partners advocating for action on the Sustainable Development Goals.

He held talks with Republic of Djibouti president Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, Prime Ministers of Morocco, and Yemen reinforcing UNFPA policy on inclusion of women in politics, social and economic integration, campaign against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) protection and promotion of child's rights.

Wordofa returned to SOS Children's Villages in 2021.

He contested for the presidency of the organization and won.

He is the first African and the 4th president of the organization's over 70 years history as of the time of his election in June 2021.

In this position, he met with several leaders including presidents of Cape Verde José Maria Neves, former Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen and President Sahle-Work Zewde of the Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.