Abay woldu biography of george

TPLF (Tigray People Liberation Front) elected Abay Woldu and Debretsion Gebremikael as Chairman and Deputy, respectively yesterday.

TPLF is one of the four member parties of the Ethiopian ruling party, EPRDF (Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front).

Founded in 1975, TPLF was led by the late PM Meles Zenawi since 1989.

The 45 member TPLF Council made the election on Tuesday.

However, it appears the Council didn’t elect a new member to fill the vacant seat in the TPLF and EPRDF Executive Committees previously held by Meles Zenawi.

Abay Woldu, the newly elected Chairman of TPLF, has been serving as Dep.

Chair of TPLF and President of Tigray region since 2010.

Abay Woldu joined TPLF in the late 1970s and has served as member of the Executive Committees of EPRDF and TPLF since 2000.

He was administrator of Central zone of Tigray from 1992-2000.

He became member of the regional government’s Cabinet and h