Teferi Melesse-Desta

Experience

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  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ethiopia

  May 1994 - now

  Government employee

  Director General,Public Diplomacy Directorate GeneralMinistry Of Foreign Affairs,Minelik II Ave,p.o.box 393,Addis Ababa,Ethiopia

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  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia

  May 1994 - now

  Director General & Senior Advisor

  Advising the Minister on Capacity Building of staff.

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  Ethiopian Mission to the UN

  Sept 1996 - Jul 2001

  Geneva,Switzerland

  My responsibilities include engaging with multilateral agencies like the WHO,IOM,UNHCR and ILO. Bilaterally,I was Consul General of Ethiopia to Switzerland covering all cantons except Zurich where we had a Honorary Consul.

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  Embassy of Ethiopia,Zimbabwe

  Oct 2000 - Jan 2001

  Charge d'affairs

  My responsibility was heading the affairs of the Embassy in the absence of the Ambassador who was appointed to a Ministerial post in the government.

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  Embassy of Ethiopia

  Jul 2010 - Jun 2014

  M.Counsellor

  My responsibilities include to engage in a multilateral diplomacy with the EU Parliament,EU External Action Service and the Twenty Eight member countries,NGOs ,Think tanks and the Media attached to the EU.Bilaterally cover the Benelux Foreign Ministries.

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  MInistry Of Foreign affairs,Ethiopia

  Jan 2016 - now

  Director General& Senior Adviser to Minister of Foreign Affairs

  Advising the Minister on capacity building and reforming the Ministry

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  Consulate General of Ethiopia

  Mar 2018 - now

  Consul General

  Major focus on economic diplomacy,attracting FDI,promote trade and tourism but also work on building people to people relations between Ethiopia and China.