Meles Zenawi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ethiopian politician; Prime Minister of Ethiopia
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Place of Birth: Adwa, Tigray Region, Ethiopia
About Meles Zenawi
- Meles Zenawi Asres (Ge'ez: ??? ??? ????, mäläs zenawi asräs; pronounced ['m?l?s 'z?nawi asr?s] listen , name by birth:- Legesse Zenawi Asres; 8 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was an Ethiopian politician who was the 7th Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 to his death in 2012.
- From 1989, he was the chairman of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and the head of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) since its formation in 1991.
- Before becoming Prime Minister in 1995, he served as President of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995.In 1975, he left Haile Selassie I University to join the TPLF and fight against the Derg, (the Mengistu Haile Mariam-led military dictatorship in Ethiopia).
- After the overthrow of the Derg's military government, he became President of the transitional government and later Prime Minister.
- Meles lifted his country from the ruins of civil war and transformed it into one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies
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