Hailemariam

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — As a domestic worker, Amsale Hailemariam knew from the inside out the luxury villas that had grown up around her simple shelter of raw metal and plastic sheeting.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - As a domestic worker, Amsale Hailemariam knew from the inside out the luxury villas that had grown up around her simple shelter of raw metal and plastic sheeting.

Seyi Makinde; and the former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegn, among others.

And Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn took the unexpected lion share by resigning that made him the first modern leader of the nation and African leader to leave political authority for the sake of the public betterment.

AU has deployed in Zimbabwe an election observation mission led by former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn of Ethiopia.

But Hailemariam later announced his intention to resign and a new state of emergency, the second in less than two years, was imposed in one of Africa's fastest growing economies.

Commenting on the lack of a Prime Minsiter, he said it was indicative of the fact that outgoing Hailemariam Desalegn was not in control over the last five years.

Hailemariam oversaw a smooth handover on the death of former Marxist rebel Meles Zenawi, turning the relatively little-known politician and technocrat to an influential leader.

Hailemariam’s government banned the OMN and last year levied charges of inciting violence against Jawar, who lived in the United States.

He succeeds former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, who unexpectedly resigned on February 15.

His predecessor Hailemariam, from the small Wollayta ethnic group, resigned last month after sustained protests in the Oromiya and Ahmara regions where people say they are politically and economically marginalized.

His release was part of the federal government’s announced political reforms aimed at engendering national cohesion, PM Hailemariam Desalegn said in January.

It is his first foreign trip since replacing Hailemariam Desalegn almost a month ago.

It is true that Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, now 52, was supported to the national leadership in many ways because he was Tigrean.

On Thursday, Hailemariam Desalegn abruptly announced he would step down as prime minister and head of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition.

PM Hailemariam said he will be staying in his role until there is a power transition and asked the people of Ethiopia, especially the youth, to preserve the country's peace and development.