What is Seyoum Mesfin?
'''Seyoum Mesfin Gebredingel''' (25 January 1949 &ndash; 13 January 2021) was an [[Ethiopia]]n politician. He was Ethiopia's [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ethiopia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] from 1991 until September 2010. He was Ethiopia's Ambassador to the [[People's Republic of China]] from 2010 until 2017. Mesfin was born in [[Adigrat]], [[Ethiopia]]. He was a member of the [[Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front|People's Revolutionary Democratic Front]]. Seyoum was killed during the [[Tigray War]] by the [[Ethiopian National Defense Force]] on 13 January 2021, aged 71.<ref>{{cite web |title=አቶ ስዩም መስፍን ፣አቶ አስመላሽ ወልደስላሴና አቶ አባይ ፀሃዬ ተደመሰሱ |url=https://www.fanabc.com/%e1%8a%a0%e1%89%b6-%e1%88%b5%e1%8b%a9%e1%88%9d-%e1%88%98%e1%88%b5%e1%8d%8d%e1%8a%95-%e1%8d%a3%e1%8a%a0%e1%89%b6-%e1%8a%a0%e1%88%b5%e1%88%98%e1%88%8b%e1%88%bd-%e1%8b%88%e1%88%8d%e1%8b%b0%e1%88%b5/ |website=Welcome to Fana Broadcasting Corporate S.C |date=13 January 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mesfin, Seyoum}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Ethiopian politicians]] [[Category:Ambassadors to China]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm]] {{bio-stub}}