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Ethiopian politician and diplomat (–)

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Seyoum Mesfin Gebredingel (SAY-yoom MEHS-fihn; Tigrinya: ሰዩም መስፍን, pronounced[säyuməmesefənə]^ⓘ;^[2] 25 January – 13 January ) was an Ethiopian politician and diplomat.

[African Arguments] Seyoum Mesfin, who was killed in Tigray this week at the age of 71, was Ethiopia's longest-serving foreign minister.

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This article focuses on the late Seyoum Mesfin, the former foreign minister of Ethiopia for a quarter of a century, who was killed in a shootout.

How Asmelah, Seyoum and Abay - all aged over 60 - died is unclear: some allege they were shot dead in cold blood, but the official Ethiopian.

Alex Dewaal from the World Peace Foundation writes in an obituary of Seyoum Mesfin, Ethiopia's longest-serving foreign minister who was.

He was Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs from to and served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to China from to

Early life and education

Seyoum was born on 25 January in Tigray, Ethiopia, as Ambaye Mesfin.

He later changed from Ambaye to Seyoum as a nom de guerre.^[3] He attended Agazi Secondary School in Adigrat and Bahir Dar Polytechnic Institute from which he received a diploma in industrial chemistry in He studied international law at the University of Amsterdam.

In May , he was awarded a doctorate of letters from Great Lakes University of Kisumu in Kenya.