Meles Zenawi

Prime Minister

Date of Birth: 08/05/1955
Place of Birth: Adwa

Ethnicity: Tigrean

Married to: Azeb Mesfin with 3 children

Education: elementary, Queen of Sheba Junior Secondary School; General Wingate School, Addis Ababa, 1972; Addis Ababa University, Medical Faculty, 1972-74; M.A. Business Administration, First Class, Open University, London, 1995; MSc., Economics, Erasmus School, Netherlands, 2004

Career: Joined the TPLF, 1974; Elected leader of the Leadership Committee of the TPLF, 1979; Elected leader of the Executive Committee, 1983; Appointed Chairman of the TPLF and the EPRDF, 1989; President of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia and Chairman of the Council of Representatives, 1991-1995; Chairman of the African Union, 1995-1996; elected Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 1995, re-elected, 2000 and 2005