Ethiopia’s parliament today selected Dr Mulatu Teshome Wirtu, Ethiopia’s ambassador to Turkey, as the country’s new president.
Dr Wirtu took the oath of office at a televised ceremony on Monday morning. He replaces Girma Woldegiorgis, who has served two 6-year terms.
The new president is an executive committee member of the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO), one of the five parties that make up the ruling coalition, Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).
Ethiopia’s presidency has only ceremonial role. Executive power rests with the prime minister.
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Addisu Kedida
October 9, 2013 at 3:42 pm
What does it mean to appoint this wise man only as president? I think he is over qualified to be president in the country where all the decision making power rests over the hand of prime minister?