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Girma Wolde-Giorgis was born on 28 December, 1924 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire, is a President of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013. Discover Girma Wolde-Giorgis'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 93 years old?

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Age 93 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 28 December, 1924
Birthday 28 December
Birthplace Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
Date of death 15 December, 2018
Died Place Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nationality Ethiopia

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1924

Girma Wolde-Giorgis (ግርማ ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ; 28 December 1924 – 15 December 2018) was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013.

Girma was born on 28 December 1924 in Addis Ababa.

He first attended an Ethiopian Orthodox Church school and later joined the Teferi Mekonnen School in Addis Ababa where he followed his education until the Italian invasion.

The school was then renamed Scuola Principe di Piemonte (Prince of Piedmonte School) for the Crown Prince of Italy.

1950

Between 1950 and 1952, he received certificates in management (from the Netherlands), in air traffic management (in Sweden) and air traffic control (in Canada) under a training programme sponsored by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

He was one of the first Ethiopians in the Ethiopian Air Force, which had been dominated by American technicians.

Girma tried to motivate Ethiopians to join the airlines and wrote a book on fundamentals.

He was an activist and at the Inter Parliamentary Summit in Yugoslavia, he condemned the apartheid system in South Africa.

Girma spoke Afan Oromo (Oromiffa), Amharic, and English fluently.

1965

Between 1965 and 1974:

1990

While in the then province of Eritrea before 1990:

Upon returning to Addis Ababa in 1990, he served as board member of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society and head of its International Logistics Department.

1992

He launched an environmental protection association called Lem Ethiopia in March 1992 and has severed as its vice president.

1995

He was the second person to hold the office of president since the founding of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1995.

1998

He is coordinating from his office a group of people trying to launch peace talks, after fifteen years of disagreements, culminating in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War of 1998–2000.

Indian author Sivakumar K.P. has produced the official biography of Girma Wolde Giorgis.

2001

Girma was elected president on 8 October 2001, as a relatively unknown and a surprising choice, by a unanimous vote of the Ethiopian Parliament.

The Ethiopian presidency is largely a symbolic office with little power.

Most of the power is vested in the hands of the prime minister.

Presidents serve two six-year terms.

2007

He was re-elected as president on 9 October 2007.

He was married and had five children.

He was a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

He was widely renowned for his usual presence at Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Meskel Demera Festivals.

2014

Two days before Ethiopian Christmas, on 5 January 2014 he made a clear statement on Ethiopia TV, calling for pacification between Ethiopia and Eritrea, calling it his last personal task and fight.

2015

The book, Under the Shade of a Gaashe, was released on 15 July 2015 at the official residence of the former president.

Micro Business College is the publisher of the Ethiopian edition.

The author acknowledges the role of Abera Tilahun, founder and president of Micros Business College in Ambo in introducing him to the former president and financing the publishing of the book.

2018

Girma died of natural causes on 15 December 2018, 13 days before his 94th birthday.