11 Facts About Girma Wolde-Giorgis

Girma Wolde-Giorgis was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis was the second person to hold the office of president since the founding of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1995.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis first attended an Ethiopian Orthodox Church school and later joined the Teferi Mekonnen School in Addis Ababa where he followed his education until the Italian invasion.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis was one of the first Ethiopians in the Ethiopian Air Force, which had been dominated by American technicians.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis was an activist and at the Inter Parliamentary Summit in Yugoslavia, he condemned the apartheid system in South Africa.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis was elected president on 8 October 2001, as a relatively unknown and a surprising choice, by a unanimous vote of the Ethiopian Parliament.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis was re-elected as president on 9 October 2007.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis was a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis was widely renowned for his usual presence at Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church Meskel Demera Festivals.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis died of natural causes on 15 December 2018,13 days before his 94th birthday.

Girma Wolde-Giorgis launched an environmental protection association called Lem Ethiopia in March 1992 and has served as its vice president.