Girma woldegiorgis biography of barack

President of Ethiopia from to

Not to be confused with Wolde Giyorgis.

In this Ethiopian name, the name Wolde-Giorgis is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Girma.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis (Amharic: ግርማ ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ; 28 December – 15 December )^[2] was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from to ^[3] He was the second person to hold the office of president since the founding of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in

Early life

Girma was born on 28 December in Addis Ababa.^[4][5] 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.^{[citation needed]}

Between and , he received certificates in management (from the Netherla