Meles zenawi biography book

Summary

Males Zenawi was an Ethiopian guerilla/rebel fighter, chairman of Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) and the head of the ruling party Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).

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After EPRDF took power in 1991, Meles was the President of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia. He then assumed the role of the prime minister of the country. He led the country for 23 years, until his death on 20 August, 2012.

Meles is considered one of the most powerful and influential individuals in Ethiopian recent history.

He is credited by some and accused by others for the economic, social and political states of the contemporary Ethiopia. His philosophies and ideology in social economy, ethnicity and politics, is directly reflected in the current psyche of Ethiopia.

Early life

Meles was born in 1940, in Adwa, Tigray Region, Ethiopia from his father Zenawi Asres and his mother Alemash Guebrelule.

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His birth name was Legesse Zenawi. He was the middle child of six. Meles a