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Meaza Ashenafi
መዓዛ አሸናፊ
Meaza in 2018
President of the Federal Supreme Court
In office 1 November 2018 – 17 January 2023
President
Sahle-Work Zewde
Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed
Deputy
Solomon Areda
Preceded by
Dagne Melaku
Succeeded by
Tewodros Mihret
Judge of Federal High Court of Ethiopia
In office 1989–1992
Legal Adviser Committee on 1995 Ethiopian Constitution
Founding Executive Director Ethiopian Women Lawyer's Association (EWLA)
In office 1996–2005
Founder and Chairperson of Enat Bank
In office 2013–2017
Adviser on Gender and Women's Rights United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
University of Connecticut (MA) Addis Ababa University (LLB)
Occupation
Women's rights activist
Lawyer
Meaza Ashenafi (born 25 July 1964)[1] is an Ethiopian lawyer. In November 2018, she was appointed by the Federal Parliamentary Assembly as President of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia until her resignation on 17 January 2023.[2]
^"Pioneer African Women in Law".
^Paul Schemm (November 1, 2018), Women’s rights activist named to head Ethiopia’s Supreme Court Washington Post.
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