Isaias Afwerki
Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ; born February 2, 1946) is an Eritrean politician. Isaias became the first (and only) President of Eritrea in 1993.
Isaias Afwerki | |
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| President of Eritrea | |
| Assumed office 27 April 1991 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| President of the National Assembly | |
| Assumed office 24 May 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Tedla Bairu |
| Leader of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice | |
| Assumed office 15 June 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Leader of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front | |
| In office 4 October 1978 – 15 June 1994 | |
| Preceded by | Romodan Mohammed Nur |
| Succeeded by | Sebhat Ephrem |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1946 Asmara, Eritrea |
| Political party | People's Front for Democracy and Justice |
| Spouse(s) | Saba Haile[1] |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Addis Ababa University |
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Isaias Afwerki Media
President Isaias with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, December 2002
The Bank of Eritrea in 2005
Voice of America's Peter Clottey interviews Isaias in New York, 2011
Destroyed BM-21 Grad, a relic of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War (1998–2000)
Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed with Isaias in March 2019
Shaded relief map of Djibouti. The original map is from 1991, with the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea added in 2006.
Isaias Afwerki with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on 31 May 2023
Spange des König-Abdulaziz-Ordens
Планка ордена Сербии(2 степень)
Ribbon bar of the Order of Zayed
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References
- ↑ "Isaias Afwerki's Biography". News. 12 February 2010. http://www.madote.com/2010/11/president-isaias-afwerkis-biography.html.
Other websites
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