Teferi Melesse-Desta

Teferi Melesse-Desta

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Consul General at Consulate General of Ethiopia

  • Education

    • Yale Global Health Leadership Institute

      2016 -
      Certificate Strategic Thinking in Foreign Affairs Symposium

      Activities and Societies: Lectures,Group work,Presentations,debates,visits It was an intensive 10 days training on strategic planning in Foreign Affairs.

    • UNITAR

      2000 - 2001
      Certificate in Diplomatic Negotiation Skills

      Activities and Societies: workshop on negotiation skills Follow up short courses on international relations

    • Addis Ababa University

      1983 - 1985
      B.A in Language & Literature M.A in Literature

      Activities and Societies: poems & story reading,sports Graduated in Ethiopian Languages and Literature . For my post Graduate Degree I focused on English literature. Received my M.A in Literature in , 1992, and While as a diplomat in Geneva I have attended UNITAR courses and received Certificate in Diplomatic Negotiation Skills in 2002.

  • Experience

    • 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

    • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia

      May 1994 - now
      Director General & Senior Advisor

      Advising the Minister on Capacity Building of staff.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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

    • 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.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Educational

      Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Red Cross volunter

      Issued by Yebu High School on Sept 1988
      Yebu High SchoolAssociated with Teferi Melesse-Desta