Sahle-Work Zewde is the first female President of Ethiopia

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Sahle-Work Zewde is an Ethiopian diplomat and politician who became the country’s first woman to serve as president.

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instanceOf diplomat
human
politician
alive true
continentOfLeadershipRole Africa
countryOfCitizenship Ethiopia
dateOfBirth 1950-02-21
educatedAt University of Montpellier
electedBy Ethiopian Parliament
surface form: Federal Parliamentary Assembly of Ethiopia
fieldOfStudy natural sciences
gender female
hasRole commander-in-chief of the Ethiopian Armed Forces
head of state
headOfStateOf Ethiopia
honorificPrefix Her Excellency
isFirstFemaleHolderOfOffice President of Ethiopia
knownFor advocacy for gender equality
support for peace and multilateralism
languageSpoken Amharic
English
French
memberOf Prosperity Party
name Sahle-Work Zewde
nationality Ethiopian
notableFor being the first female President of Ethiopia
occupation civil servant
diplomat
politician
office President of Ethiopia
placeOfBirth Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
positionHeld President of Ethiopia
precededBy Mulatu Teshome
previousPositionHeld Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi
Ethiopian Ambassador to Djibouti
Ethiopian Ambassador to France
Ethiopian Ambassador to Senegal
Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union
Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations
Special Representative of the Secretary-General
surface form: Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the African Union
regionOfActivity Africa
Ethiopia
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
residence Addis Ababa
startTimeInOffice 2018-10-25
title Her Excellency
workedFor Government of Ethiopia
United Nations

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President of Ethiopia notableFact Sahle-Work Zewde is the first female President of Ethiopia