Negasso Gidada

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In this
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, Negasso.
Negasso Gidada
ነጋሶ ጊዳዳ
President of Ethiopia
In office
22 August 1995 – 8 October 2001
Prime MinisterMeles Zenawi
Preceded byMeles Zenawi (Acting)
Succeeded byGirma Wolde-Giorgis
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
In office
1990–1991
Minister of Communication
In office
1992–2019
Member of 1994 Ethiopian Constituent Assembly election
1995 Constitution of Ethiopia (Acting)
In office
5 June 1994 – December 1994
Advisory of Kunuz College
In office
2002–2019
Member of the House of Peoples' Representatives for Dembidolo
In office
2005–2008
Founding Member of Medrek
In office
July 2008 – 27 April 2019
Member, Deputy Chairperson and Head of Foreign Affairs of the Unity for Democracy and Justice
In office
15 December 2009 – 27 April 2019
Personal details
Born
Negasso Gidada Solon

(1943-09-08)8 September 1943
Independent (2005–2008)
Unity for Democracy and Justice under Coalition of Medrek
(2009–2019)
Spouse
​
(m. 1985)​
Children
  • Ibsa Negasso
  • Telile Negasso
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Negasso Gidada Solon (

Ge'ez: ነጋሶ ጊዳዳ; 8 September 1943[1] – 27 April 2019) was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia
from 1995 until 2001.

Biography

Negasso was the son of Gidada Solon, one of the first local ministers of a Protestant church in the Dembidolo area in western Ethiopia.

Negasso held a doctorate in social history from the Goethe University Frankfurt and was a part-time lecturer of history at Addis Ababa University. The title of his doctoral thesis was "History of the Sayyoo Oromo of Southwestern Wallaga, Ethiopia, from about 1730 to 1886". He was married to Regina Abelt, a German nurse and midwife. Being the First Lady of Ethiopia while holding the German Citizenship earned Abelt considerable, yet unwanted, attention by the German and European tabloid press. In marked contrast, Regina Abelt was virtually invisible in Ethiopia and never enjoyed the official title of First Lady which was instead used by the wife of the Prime Minister.

Negasso died in Germany on 27 April 2019, after battling health issues.[2]

Political career

In Europe, he was an active member of the

OPDO and the EPRDF coalition on 22 June.[5]

In the

Oromia Region
.

In July 2008, Negasso became a founding member of the

Ethiopia's current constitution was ratified in 1995 with full participation of all political parties in a democratic manner. "There were a number of political parties that were excluded from the process," he said during the ceremony when he and Siye Abraha were officially inducted into the UDJ.[8]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8108-7457-2
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  2. ^ "Former President of Ethiopia Negasso Gidada Passes Away Aged 75". UrduPoint. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  3. ^ Yenegasso menged
  4. ^ "Monthly Situation Report for Ethiopia, August 1995" UNDP-EUE (accessed 20 January 2009)
  5. ^ "ETHIOPIA: President expelled from ruling party", IRIN, 25 June 2001.
  6. ^ "Opposition holds 'Forum for Democratic Dialogue in Ethiopia'", Sudan Times 3 July 2008 (accessed 16 November 2009)
  7. ^ "Ex-Ethiopia President Negasso Gidada joins opposition"
  8. ^ " Ethiopia: Two ex-senior government officials join opposition party" Archived 1 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Afrique en ligne website, published 26 November 2009 (accessed 22 December 2009)
Political offices
Preceded by
President of Ethiopia

1995–2001 		Succeeded by
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