Tamrat Layne
Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Ethiopian name, the name Layne Admassu is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Tamrat.
Tamrat Layne Admassu (Ge'ez: ታምራት ላይኔ አድማሱ; born 1955) is an Ethiopian former politician and a converted born-again Christian. He had served as Prime Minister of Ethiopia during the Transitional Government of Ethiopia after the end of the Derg regime. Previously during the 1980s, he was a leader of the Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (the forerunner of the Amhara National Democratic Movement), one of the groups that fought against Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam in the Ethiopian Civil War.[1]
Quick Facts Prime Minister of Ethiopia Interim, President ...
Tamrat Layne | |
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ታምራት ላይኔ | |
Prime Minister of Ethiopia Interim | |
In office 6 June 1991 – 22 August 1995 | |
President | Meles Zenawi |
Preceded by | Tesfaye Dinka |
Succeeded by | Meles Zenawi |
Personal details | |
Born | 1955 (age 68–69) Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire |
Political party | Amhara National Democratic Movement |
Other political affiliations | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front |
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