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Fitsum Girma has been working at Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2012. Currently, he is working as a Foreign Service Officer in charge of the North African Countries in the office of the Directorate General of the African Affairs where he is in charge of managing and coordinating the bilateral relations of Ethiopia with North African countries.
Prior to this, he was in charge of the West African Countries in the same office. While working in both positions, among others, he prepared and took part in seven different official visits led by the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Ethiopia to different African countries. He occasionally publishes articles on different subjects in local newspapers. Fitsum is among the young, intelligent, and hardworking generation of Foreign Service Officers at the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs who are expected to play crucial role in shaping and executing the foreign policy of this ancient key African State. He received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from Wollega University in 2012 with a great distinction. He obtained a one year long intensive training on Diplomacy and International Relations at the Ethiopian Foreign Service Training Institute. He also took part in different seminars, conferences and attended different courses both at home and abroad. Fitsum lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
