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Sahle-Work Zewde

First Woman President of Ethiopia

First Woman President of Ethiopia

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Sahle-Work Zewde Biography

Sahle-Work Zewde was elected as the first woman President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on 25 October 2018.

She spent her first professional years in the Ministry of Education. She later joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1988 and started her long diplomatic carrier as ambassador to Senegal with accreditation to Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and the Gambia. She served in Djibouti and IGAD- Inter Governmental Authority on Development for 10 years before moving as ambassador of Ethiopia to France, Tunisia and Morocco and Permanent Representative to UNESCO. After her return to Ethiopia she was appointed Permanent Representative to the African Union and Director-General for African Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia.

President Sahle-Work Zewde joined the United Nations in 2009 and served as Special Representative of United Nations Secretary-General/SRSG/ and Head of the United Nations Integrated Peace-building Office in the Central African Republic (BINUCA) thus becoming the first African woman to become an SRSG.

In 2011, she was appointed as the first dedicated Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) at the level of Under-Secretary-General. In June 2018, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Ms. Zewde as his Special Representative to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU. She was the first woman to hold these three positions at the United Nations.

Ms Zewde is a mother of two boys. She speaks Amharic, French and English fluently.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 09/19/2024.

Sahle-Work Zewde Videos

  • Ethiopia will work hard to maintain peace: Sahle-Work Zewde
    Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde says her country will work hard to maintain peace in her region. The newly elected President of the Horn of...
  • Ethiopia appoints Africa's only female president, Sahle-Work Zewde
    Subscribe to France 24 now: http://f24.my/youtubeEN FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 http://f24.my/YTliveEN Ethiopia on...
  • Highlights from inaugural speech of Ethiopia's historic female president
    In her first speech as Ethiopia's new president, Sahle-Work Zewde highlighted the importance of peace, unity and empowering women as pillars of...

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