Singapore / Ethiopia / Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 18 April 2012
SINGAPORE, Singapore, April 18, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — 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.
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
SOURCE
Singapore – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
