Genet zewdie biography
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Summary
Gennet Zewedie is an academician, politician, a former Member of Parliament and the first female to hold a minister position at the Ministry of Education in Ethiopia. She served as Minister of Education from She was also assigned as an ambassador for Ethiopia in India from She is currently retired from public office and launched a non governmental organization called Women Strategic Development Center. The organization is mandated to economically, socially and politically empower women.
Early Life
Gennet Zewedie was born in In, Dessie Town, Amhara region near to a place known as Zewa Gedel Arera Kebele. She spent the first few years of her childhood in Dessie with her maternal grandmother. Later on she moved to the capital Addis Ababa to join her mother. She spent most of her childhood in Addis Ababa, in a neighborhood known as Ferencay Legseoan area.
Education
Genet first joined Memher Akleweld Elementary School in Dessie. After she came to Addis Ababa to live
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File:The Ambassador of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Mrs. Genet Zewdie presented her credentials to the President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on June 19, jpg
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Ethiopian government official
Genet Zewdie, Ethiopian government official.Education
Degree in business education, Haile Sellassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Bachelor of Science in Business Education, Plymouth State College, Master of Science in Business Education, Suffolk University, Boston,
Career
Assistant lecturer department technical teacher education Addis Ababa University, , assistant professor, lecturer, , head department business education, Intern department office education Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, External examiner Kenyatta University, Nariobi, Kenya, since
Vice minister higher education Government Ethiopia, , minister education, sinceConnections
Married; 2 children.