Fikre Selassie Wogderess

Fikre Selassie Wogderess (Ge'ez: ፍቅረ ሥላሴ ወግደረስ; 13 July 1945^[1] – 12 December 2020) was an Ethiopian politician. He was the first Prime Minister of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) from 10 September 1987 to 8 November 1989. He was fired by President Mengistu Haile Mariam.^[2]

In 1989, he was sentenced to death for war crimes and murder.^[3] In 2010, the Ethiopian court removed his death sentence and released him following year.

Wogderess died on 12 December 2020 in Addis Ababa from diabetes-related problems at the age of 75.^[4]

References

↑ "Prabook". Prabook. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
↑ "Minutes of the 106th Regular Meeting of the Politburo," 5 November 1989, cited in Gebru Tareke, The Ethiopian Revolution: War in the Horn of Africa (New Haven: Yale University, 2009), p. 143.
↑ James C. McKinley Jr, "Ethiopia Tries Former Rulers In 70's Deaths", The New York Times, 23 April 1996.
↑ "Ethiopia: Fikre Selassie Wogderess Former Prime Minister Passes Away at 75". Geeskaafrika.com. 2020-12-06. Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-12.

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[1] "Prabook". Prabook. Retrieved 2020-12-12.

[2] "Minutes of the 106th Regular Meeting of the Politburo," 5 November 1989, cited in Gebru Tareke, The Ethiopian Revolution: War in the Horn of Africa (New Haven: Yale University, 2009), p. 143.

[3] James C. McKinley Jr, "Ethiopia Tries Former Rulers In 70's Deaths", The New York Times, 23 April 1996.

[4] "Ethiopia: Fikre Selassie Wogderess Former Prime Minister Passes Away at 75". Geeskaafrika.com. 2020-12-06. Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2020-12-12.

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