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Ethiopia’s Hailemariam re-elected prime minister

Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was re-elected as prime minister Monday for a second term in widely expected result with the ruling coalition holding all seats in parliament. The 50-year-old Hailemariam has

Addis Ababa (AFP) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was re-elected as prime minister Monday for a second term in widely expected result with the ruling coalition holding all seats in parliament.

The 50-year-old Hailemariam has overseen a smooth transition in the vast Horn of Africa nation since he took over in 2012 on the death of strongman Meles Zenawi.

Hailemariam was unanimously elected by the House of People’s Representatives, the lower house of parliament, by all 547-members of the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), who won all the seats in parliament in elections in May.

“We successfully completed the implementation of the growth and transformation plan… we will continue to deliver the sustainable, rapid, double-digit economic growth, which was registered in recent years,” President Mulatu Teshome said, promising economic growth of “about 11 percent” for the next five years.

Hailemariam himself did not speak, but is expected to make a speech in coming days when he names a new government.

Ethiopia, whose 1984 famine triggered a major global fundraising effort, has experienced near-double-digit economic growth and huge infrastructure investment — making the country one of Africa’s top-performing economies and a magnet for foreign investment.

It also remains a favourite of key international donors, despite concerns over human rights, as a bastion of stability in an otherwise troubled region.

Hailemariam — in Ethiopian tradition, known by his first name, meaning “the power of Saint Mary” — is a Protestant, the first to lead Ethiopia, where the majority of Christians follow Orthodox traditions.

In a country long dominated by its major ethnic groups — most recently the Tigray, the ethnic group to which Meles belonged — Hailemariam notably comes from the minority Wolayta people in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region.

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  • Negusse October 8, 2015

    ፍትሒ ናይ መንነት ቅልውላው ዘለኻ ትመስል ወይ ናይ አእምሮ ስንኩል ኢኻ ወይ ህግደፍ ኢኻ ካብዘን ሰለስቲኤን አይትወጽን ኢኻ። ግርምባ ዘይፍትሒስ ፍትሒ። ጋንታ ኩሉኩም ተለሊኩም ኢኩም ጊዜ ክመጽእ እዩ አጸቢቕና ድማ ክንጸባጸብ ኢና።

  • Negusse October 11, 2015

    ክቡር። አሕመድ ሐወይ።

    እቲ አነ በጺሐዮ ዘለኹእቲ ሽግር ንሕና “ኤርትራውያን ባዕልናስ ንባዕልና ምስክርነት ሂብና ” ኤርትራውያን ፍሉያት ኢና ትብል ብጣዕሚያ ትገርመኒ ።ብምንታይ? -እንተ እቲ ገድሊ ገድሊ ሕዝቢ ኡርትራ እዩ ግን ሕጂ አበይ አብምንታይ ኩንታት አለና?
    እንዳሞትካስ ሕዝብኻ እንዳጠፈእን ሀገር ወርቒ
    ረኺባን አስመራ እታ ምጭውቲ ጸልሚታን። እንታይ ማለት እዩ ነጻነት ?

  • Desaley October 14, 2015

    I felt happy . Hailemariam reelect.

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