Girma Wolde-Giorgis held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Girma Wolde-Giorgis as former Ethiopian President (1924-2018).
Girma Wolde-Giorgis was born at Addis Ababa in 1924. His recorded nationality is Ethiopia.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
The offices held were President of Ethiopia (2001–2013) and Member of the House of People's Representatives of Ethiopia.
He is described as politician, economist and military personnel.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
That the career was made in Ethiopia is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Girma Wolde-Giorgis died in 2018, aged 94. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Ethiopia (2001–2013)
- Member of the House of People's Representatives of Ethiopia
