Hailemariam Dessalegn
| Hailemariam Desalegn ኃይለማሪያም ደሳለኝ |
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| 15th Prime Minister of Ethiopia | |
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Assumed office 20 August 2012 |
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| President |
Girma Wolde-Giorgis Mulatu Teshome |
| Preceded by | Meles Zenawi |
| 2nd Chairman of the EPRDF | |
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Assumed office 16 September 2012 |
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| Deputy | Demeke Mekonnen |
| Preceded by | Meles Zenawi |
| Chairperson of the African Union | |
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In office 27 January 2013 – 30 January 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Yayi Boni |
| Succeeded by | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia | |
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In office 1 September 2010 – 21 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi |
| Preceded by | Addisu Legese |
| Succeeded by |
Demeke Mekonnen Debretsion Gebremichael Muktar Kedir |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 1 September 2010 – 21 September 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi |
| Preceded by | Seyoum Mesfin |
| Succeeded by | Tedros Adhanom |
| President of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region | |
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In office 12 November 2001 – March 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Abate Kisho |
| Succeeded by | Shiferaw Shigute |
| Personal details | |
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19 July 1965 Boloso Sore, Ethiopia |
| Political party | Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement |
| Other political affiliations |
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
| Spouse(s) | Roman Tesfaye |
| Alma mater |
Addis Ababa University Arba Minch University Tampere University of Technology Azusa Pacific University |
Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe (Amharic: ኃይለማሪያም ደሳለኝ ቦሼ?; born 19 July 1965) is an Ethiopian politician who currently serves as Prime Minister of Ethiopia. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi from 2010 to 2012. After Meles' death in August 2012, Hailemariam succeeded him as Prime Minister, initially in an acting capacity. He was then elected as the Chair of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the ruling party, on 15 September 2012. Hailemariam also served as the Chairperson of the African Union from 2013 to 2014.
Hailemariam was born in 1965 in the Boloso Sore District Hombba of the Wolayita Zone in southern Ethiopia. Hailemariam is of the Wolayta ethnic group of Ethiopia, the second largest in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region (SNNPR). His family belongs to the Apostolic Church of Ethiopia, a Oneness Pentecostal denomination that is not part of the mainstream Ethiopian Protestant Christianity (Pentay), which believes in Trinitarianism. Married to Roman Tesfaye, he is well known to be both a religious and family man.
In 1988, Hailemariam received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Addis Ababa University. He subsequently worked as a graduate assistant in the Arba Minch Water Technology Institute (now Arba Minch University). After two years of working in this capacity, he won a scholarship to Tampere University of Technology in Finland, where he earned a master's degree in sanitation engineering. Upon his return to Ethiopia, he served in different academic and administrative capacities, including the dean of the Water Technology Institute, for 13 years. In between, he also earned an MA in Organizational Leadership at Azusa Pacific University, California, US.
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