Addisu Legesse

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Addisu Legesse is an Ethiopian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 2000 to 2010. He was formerly the chairman of the Amhara Democratic Party (ADP), the Amhara region branch of the ruling EPRDF from 1992, a position from which he retired in 2010. He was also President of the Amhara Region from 1992 until 2000 and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development until 2008.[1] He then served as chairman of Ethiopian Airlines.[2] He was a head of the Meles Zenawi Academy, a quasi educational institution that is designed to train future EPRDF cadres in the ideology of Zenawism.[3]

Addisu Legesse
አዲሱ ለገሰ
Chairman of the Amhara Democratic Party
In office
1992–2010
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byDemeke Mekonnen
Chief Administrator of Amhara Region
In office
1992–2000
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byAyalew Gobeze
Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia
In office
2001 – 1 September 2010
Preceded bypost established
Succeeded byHailemariam Desalegn
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
In office
2000–2008
Personal details
NationalityEthiopian
Political partyAmhara Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement

References

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  1. ^ "Ethiopia". WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Addisu Legesse replaces Seyoum Mesfin as Ethiopian board chairman". Nazret.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Ethiopia - the Maoist hallmarks of Melesism". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-06-21.