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MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 18 April 2012

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18 April 2012

His Excellency Seyoum Mesfin, Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, presented his credentials to President Tony Tan Keng Yam at the Istana today (Photo: MICA)His Excellency Seyou...

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Two men exchanging a folder. One in a white robe, the other in a dark suit.

His Excellency Seyoum Mesfin, Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, presented his credentials to President Tony Tan Keng Yam at the Istana today (Photo: MICA)
 

His Excellency Seyoum Mesfin, Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, presented his credentials to President Tony Tan Keng Yam at the Istana today.

The curriculum vita of His Excellency Seyoum Mesfin is attached.


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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SINGAPORE
18 APRIL 2012

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CURRICULUM VITAE


HE SEYOUM MESFIN

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA


BORN:January 1949 in Tigray, Ethiopia


AGE:63


MARITAL STATUS:Married with 4 children


EDUCATION:The Degree of Doctor of Letters (D. Lett.), Honoris Causa from Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK), Kenya, May 2010

Post Graduate Programme in International Law, University of Amsterdam

Faculty of Science, University of Addis Ababa,
1971 - 1974

Diploma in Industrial Chemistry, Bahir Dar Polytechnic Institute, 1967 - 1971

Agazi Secondary School, Adigrat, 1963 - 1966

Quiha Primary School, Quiha, 1955 - 1962


CAREER:1975

Member of the Executive Leadership of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)

1977 - 1991

Head of the Foreign Relations Bureau of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)

1991 - 1995

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Transitional Government of Ethiopia

1995 - 2010

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia

May 1995 - Oct 2010

Member of the Council of Peoples’ Representatives of Ethiopia

15 Feb 2011 to date

Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to the People’s Republic of China

18 Apr 2012

Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to Singapore

OTHER APPOINTMENTS:Nov 1993 – 2009

Board Chairman of Mugher Cement Enterprises

Nov 1993 – 2001

Board Chairman of Ambo Mineral Water Factory

May 2001 – Jan 2011

Board Chairman of Ethiopian Airlines

Aug 2002 – Jan 2011

Board Chairman of Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray (EFFORT)

LANGUAGES SPOKEN:Tigrigna, Amharic, English and Arabic

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April 2012

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