Sahle-Work Zewde

Sahle-Work Zewde (Amharic: ሳህለወርቅ ዘውዴ, born 21 February 1950) is an Ethiopian diplomat. She is the 4th and current President of Ethiopia, the first female to hold the office. She was elected President by members of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly on October 25, 2018.^[1]

Sahle-Work Zewde ሳህለወርቅ ዘውዴ
Sahle-Work Zewde, 2016
4th President of Ethiopia
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2018
Prime Minister	Abiy Ahmed Ali
Preceded by	Mulatu Teshome
Personal details
Born	(1950-02-21) 21 February 1950 (age 75) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Political party	Independent

Sahle-Work was a diplomat, serving as Special Representative of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to the African Union and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union at the level of Under-Secretary General of the United Nations.^[2]