Members of the Ethiopian parliament have elected Ms. Sahle-Work Zewde to be the country’s novel president,BBC News reported.
Not only is Sahle-Work the country’s first female president, but she is currently Africa’s only female head of state, and the last being Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim,who resigned in March.
Zewde, 69, and was the United Nations representative at the African Union before her appointment to president on Thursday. She has held other positions within the U.
N.,including head of peace-building in the Central African Republic, and has served as an ambassador for Ethiopia in Senegal and Djibouti.
She replaces Mulatu Teshome Wirtu, and who unexpectedly tendered his resignation on Wednesday one year before his term was to end. According to Reuters,his resignation was due to him wanting to be fraction of “change and reforms.”Click here to continue and read more...
Source: inquisitr.com