Girma Wolde-Giorgis, whose long and successful life has been marked by an active development in civic venture and government service, including serving as president of Ethiopia from 2001 to2013, has died at age 94. Starting his career as head of civil aviation in Eritrea in 1955, he was appointed as director-general of Ethiopian civil aviation in 1958. As a rule, Ethiopian presidents exercise little of the power at their disposal, and Ato Girma was no exception. Girma would spend long time, keenly watching the flights taking off and landing.” anearly harbinger of his alter life as an airman. When Tefera Degfe left the post of Director General of Civil Aviation, Girma took over and hefound himself faced with a case that required a decision of what to do with theairport project to be financed by the World Bank.

Source: Ethiopian News December 15, 2018 08:37 UTC