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Billene Seyoum
ቢለኔ ስዩም
Blilene in 2019
Foreign Press Secretary for the Office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2018
Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed
Personal details
Born
1982 (age 41–42) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Alma mater
Addis Ababa University
University of British Columbia
University for Peace
University of Innsbruck
Occupation
Poet
author
feminist
Billene Seyoum Woldeyes (Amharic: ቢለኔ ሥዩም ወልደየስ; born 1982) is an Ethiopian politician, poet, author and feminist who is serving as the Foreign Press Secretary for the Office of Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 5 November 2018.[1][2][3] Billene speaks as the prime minister's foreign spokesperson in English.
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^Abdella, Nejat. "Billene Seyoum Woldeyes – Inspiring through Grace and Willpower". www.awib.org.et. Archived from the original on 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
^Insight, Addis (2018-11-05). "Office of The Prime Minister of Ethiopia Appointed Billene Seyoum As Its Press Secretary". Addis Insight. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
BilleneSeyoum Woldeyes (Amharic: ቢለኔ ሥዩም ወልደየስ; born 1982) is an Ethiopian politician, poet, author and feminist who is serving as the Foreign Press Secretary...
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enter Tigray. However, the Ethiopian government rejected the proposal. BilleneSeyoum, Abiy Ahmed's spokesperson, referred to the ongoing border dispute between...
massacre, Eritrean and Ethiopian officials did not respond to questions. BilleneSeyoum, spox of the Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed denied that farmers...
warned that instability could worsen if "Ethiopians did not unite". BilleneSeyoum, Press Secretary to the Prime Minister, said that violence was in part...
market day in Mekelle and the second airstrike hit a nearby market. BilleneSeyoum, spokeswoman for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, said. “Civilians and civilian...
suggested that Eritrean troops were looting buildings. Government spokesman BilleneSeyoum Woldeyes claimed that nearly all of the TPLF commanders had been killed...
oversight of intelligence and security agencies. Writer and activist BilleneSeyoum was the first press secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister. The...
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