What is Sahle-Work Zewde?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Sahle-Work Zewde<br/>{{small|ሳህለወርቅ ዘውዴ}} |image = Sahle-Work Zewde in 2016.jpg |caption = Sahle-Work Zewde, 2016 |office = 4th [[President of Ethiopia]] |primeminister = [[Abiy Ahmed Ali]] |term_start = 25 October 2018 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Mulatu Teshome]] |party = Independent |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|2|21|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]] |successor = }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45976620|title=Ethiopia gets first female president|date=25 October 2018|publisher=|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.un.org/press/en/2018/sga1813.doc.htm Secretary-General Appoints Sahlework Zewde of Ethiopia his Special Representative, Head of United Nations Office to African Union] [[United Nations]], press release of June 27, 2018.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/sga1280.doc.htm United Nations Press Release] *[http://unjustice.org/news110.htm ''UNON: Enough is Enough, UNDT says''] {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahle-Work, Zewde}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Presidents of Ethiopia]] [[Category:Current national leaders]] {{bio-stub}}