Meles Zenawi

Meles Zenawi Asres (8 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was the Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 1995 till his death on 20 August 2012. He was President of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995. Since 1985, he was the chairman of the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front, and the head of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front.

Meles Zenawi መለስ ዜናዊ
Zenawi at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, January 2012
Prime Minister of Ethiopia
In office 23 August 1995 – 20 August 2012
President	Negasso Gidada Girma Wolde-Giorgis
Preceded by	Tamirat Layne (Acting)
Succeeded by	Hailemariam Desalegn
President of Ethiopia
In office 28 May 1991 – 22 August 1995
Prime Minister	Tesfaye Dinka Tamirat Layne
Preceded by	Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (Acting)
Succeeded by	Hailemariam Desalegn
Personal details
Born	Legesse Zenawi Asres (1955-05-08)8 May 1955 Adwa, Ethiopia
Died	20 August 2012(2012-08-20) (aged 57) Brussels, Belgium
Political party	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Other political affiliations	Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
Spouse(s)	Azeb Mesfin
Alma mater	Open University Erasmus University Rotterdam

Meles was born in Adwa, Tigray in Northern Ethiopia, to an Ethiopian father from Adwa, Ethiopia, and a mother from Adi Quala, Eritrea.^[1] Meles Zenawi was married to Azeb Mesfin and was the father of three children. Meles died on August 20, 2012 in a hospital in Brussels, Belgium after having a brain tumor removed. Zenawi's health was in question for weeks until his death. Meles was admitted to hospital in July 2012. He was 57 years old.^[2]