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Girma Wolde Giorgis


 * Ethiopia currently has 85,237,338 residents. It is landlocked and rests on a plateau that the Great Rift Valley runs through. 37.9 million people have jobs there, and most of them are farmers.


 * Girma Wolde Giorgis attended Teferi Mekonnan School, and was in the 1936 graduating class of Genet Millitary School. He has founded multiple orgainizations, such as the Ghibe Agricultural Association and the Keffa and Illubabor Timber Processing Industry. Wolde Giorgis was a member of parliament before his election to become the president of parliament.

Girma Wolde Giorgis. CHG, 9/21/10 []
 * Girma Wolde Giorgis is supported by Barack Obama of the United States of America, Ambassador Kjemprud of Norway, and Hu Jintao of China.
 * Girma Wolde Giorgis has improved the safety and security of air travel. He has developed trade with Australia and settled many issues, such as the Ethiopia-Eritrian border conflict. Giorgis has made a stand against AIDS by increasing health standards. He has helped the people continue through tough times of drought and famine, and also is making more non-agriculturally based jobs.

Girma Wolde Giorgis. Worldlingo, 9/21/10 []

CIA-The World Factbook, 9/21/10 []

Girma Wolde Giorgis: President. Ethiopian Embassy, 9/21/10 []