First Female President of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia! Ambassador SahleWork Zewde sworn
First Female President of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia! Ambassador SahleWork Zewde sworn
Congratulations to #Ethiopia on the appointmemt of the #First #Female #President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia!
Ambassador Sahle-Work Zewde, a top official with the United Nations, just got sworn in as the President of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia! Ambassador SahleWork Zewde was until recently, the UN Director General at its offices in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. She is currently the Special representative of the UN Secretary-General to the African Union, AU.
Sahle-work has a rich ambassadorial track record having served as Ethiopian ambassador to several countries previously. She is now officially the first woman president of Ethiopia, after a full house vote of the joint session of the two legislative houses.
Article 69 of the Ethiopian constitution says, “The President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is the Head of State.
#Agenda2063 #AfricaRising #WomenInLeadership
