Negasso Gidada
Negasso Gidada | |
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ነጋሶ ጊዳዳ | |
| President of Ethiopia | |
| In office 22 August 1995 – 8 October 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Meles Zenawi |
| Preceded by | Meles Zenawi (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Girma Wolde-Giorgis |
| Minister of Labor and Social Affairs | |
| In office 1990–1991 | |
| Minister of Communication | |
| In office 1992–2019 | |
| Member of 1994 Ethiopian Constituent Assembly election | |
1995 Constitution of Ethiopia (Acting) | |
| In office 5 June 1994 – December 1994 | |
| Advisory of Kunuz College | |
| In office 2002–2019 | |
| Member of the House of Peoples' Representatives for Dembidolo | |
| In office 2005–2008 | |
| Founding Member of Medrek | |
| In office July 2008 – 27 April 2019 | |
| Member, Deputy Chairperson and Head of Foreign Affairs of the Unity for Democracy and Justice | |
| In office 15 December 2009 – 27 April 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Negasso Gidada Solon 8 September 1943 Dembidolo, Illubabor Province, Ethiopian Empire (now Oromia Region, Ethiopia) |
| Died | 27 April 2019 (aged 75) Frankfurt, Germany |
| Resting place | Petros Paulos Evangelic Church, Ethiopia 9°03′21″N 38°42′50″E / 9.055757°N 38.71399°E |
| Political party | EPRDF (until 22 June 2001) Independent (2005–2008) Unity for Democracy and Justice under Coalition of Medrek (2009–2019) |
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Negasso Gidada Solon (Ge'ez: ነጋሶ ጊዳዳ; 8 September 1943 – 27 April 2019) was an Ethiopian politician who was the president of Ethiopia from 1995 until 2001.