This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Seyoum, and not as Mesfin Gebredingel.
Seyoum Mesfin
ሰዩም መስፍን
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1991–2010
Preceded by
Tesfaye Tadesse
Succeeded by
Hailemariam Desalegn
Ambassador of Ethiopia to the People's Republic of China
In office 15 February 2011 – 19 August 2017
Personal details
Born
25 January 1949 Adigrat, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire
Died
13 January 2021(2021-01-13) (aged 71) Asgede Tsimbla, Tigray Region, Ethiopia[1]
Cause of death
Gunshot wounds by ENDF
Political party
EPRDF
Other political affiliations
TPLF
Alma mater
Bahir Dar Polytechnic Institute
Addis Ababa University
Seyoum Mesfin Gebredingel (SAY-yoom MEHS-fihn; Tigrinya: ሰዩም መስፍን, pronounced[säyuməmesefənə]ⓘ;[2] 25 January 1949 – 13 January 2021) was an Ethiopian politician and diplomat. He was Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 2010 and served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to China from 2011 to 2017.
Defense Minister of Ethiopia, Tamirat Layne, the Foreign Minister, SeyoumMesfin, the presidents of the Tigray and Harari Regional states and representatives...
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from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021. SeyoumMesfin, Ethiopia's long-serving former foreign minister, was one of the foremost...
the Liberal Party (1980–1982). Don Mason, 86, British immunologist. SeyoumMesfin, 71, Ethiopian politician and diplomat, minister of foreign affairs...
President, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Foreign Affairs Minister SeyoumMesfin expressed heartfelt sorrow over the death of innocent civilians following...
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Asmelash Woldeselassie, who was blind and with amputated left arm, and SeyoumMesfin, Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 until September 2010...
WorldStatesmen. Retrieved 20 August 2013. "Addisu Legesse replaces SeyoumMesfin as Ethiopian board chairman". Nazret.com. Archived from the original...
to several resignations, including that of Girma. In November 2003, SeyoumMesfin, chairman of Ethiopian Airlines, and then-minister of foreign affairs...
Minister, Marko Hausiku met with Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister SeyoumMesfin and noted the economic, science, technical and cultural agreements in...
Minister, Marko Hausiku met with Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister SeyoumMesfin and noted the economic, science, technical and cultural agreements in...
(2009). Who's who in Australia. Crown Content. ISBN 9781740951661. SeyoumMesfin Gebredingle Yalew, Getachew (18 August 2017). "Ethiopia picks new ambassador...
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