This is an Ethiopian name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Dawit.
Dawit Yohannes
ዳዊት ዮሃንስ
Speaker of the House of People's Representatives
In office 1995 – 9 October 2005
Succeeded by
Teshome Toga
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
In office 30 May 2006 – January 2011
Succeeded by
Abadula Gemeda
Personal details
Born
10 October 1956 Addis Ababa
Died
28 January 2019(2019-01-28) (aged 62) United States
Alma mater
Addis Ababa University Georgetown University University of Amsterdam
Dawit Yohannes (Amharic: ዳዊት ዮሐንስ; 10 October 1956 – 28 January 2019) was the first Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives, the lower chamber of the Ethiopian Parliament, from 1995 to 2005. He was also the Permanent Representative to the United Nations.[1]
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