What is Girma Wolde-Giorgis?
{{Infobox President | name = Girma Wolde-Giorgis | image = Girma Wolde-Giorgis (3589637123).jpg | office = [[President of Ethiopia]] | primeminister = [[Hailemariam Desalegn]] | term_start = {{Start date|2001|10|8}} | term_end = {{Start date|2013|10|7}} | predecessor = [[Negasso Gidada]] | successor = [[Mulatu Teshome]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|19|1924|12|26}} | death_place = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|12|26||}} | birth_place = [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]] | birthname = Girma Wolde-Giorgis | nationality = Ethiopian | party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] | spouse = | children = | relations = | profession = Parliamentary speaker, Air force personnel | residence = }} '''Girma Wolde-Giorgis''' (December 28, 1924 &ndash; December 15, 2018)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ethiopiaobserver.com/2016/10/the-life-of-girma-wolde-giorgis/ |title=The Life of Girma Wolde Giorgis &#124; Ethiopia Observer |access-date=2017-10-22 |archive-date=2017-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617033412/http://www.ethiopiaobserver.com/2016/10/the-life-of-girma-wolde-giorgis/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> was an [[Ethiopia]]n [[politician]] and was the [[President of Ethiopia]] from 2001 to 2013. ==Biography== Girma Wolde-Giorgis was born in December 28, 1924, in [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]]. He went to school at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church school and he later joined the Teferi Mekonnen School in Addis Ababa until the [[Second Italo-Ethiopian War|Italian invasion of Ethiopia]]. He was elected the President of Ethiopia as a surprise choice on 8 October 2001 by a unanimous vote of the Ethiopian Parliament. On 9 October 2007, he was re-elected as president.<ref name=BBC>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13349400|accessdate=2012-12-05|title=BBC News - Ethiopia profile - Leaders|publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> [[Mulatu Tesh