biography of Girma woldegiorgis

in 1941 he was enlisted at the Ethiopian Military Radio Communication set up by U.K.
in 1944 he graduated from the Oletta Military Academy as a Sub-Lieutenant
joined the Air Force in 1946 and took various Air Management courses
became assistant teacher in air navigation and flight control in 1948
became head of Civil Aviation of Eritrea in 1955 (Eritrea, at the time, was federated)
assumed the post of Director General of the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority in 1957 and was Board member of the Ethiopian Airlines during the same period.
became Director General of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Planning at the time of establishment in 1951
became member of parliament in 1961
was elected speaker of the parliament for three consecutive years.
helped win a seat for the Ethiopian Parliament in the International Parliamentary Union and attended conferences of the IPU in Switzerland, Denmark and former Yugoslavia and was elected as Vice President of the 52nd Meeting of the International Parliamentary Union.
served as Manager of the Import and Export Enterprise (IMPEX).
served as deputy Commissioner of the Peace Programme drawn up in 1977 by the provisional military government of Ethiopia (Derg) to settle the Eritrean problem peacefully.
became member of the House of Peoples' Representatives of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) after winning in the Becho woreda constituency, Mirab Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, as an independent candidate in the second round elections in 2000.
[edit] Experience in non-governmental officesBetween 1965 and 1974:

Board member of the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce
Representative for Australian Trade Mission in Ethiopia
Founder and Director of the Ghibe Agricultural Association
Founder and Director of the Keffa and Illubabor Timber Processing Industry
While in Eritrea before 1990:

President of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society- Eritrea Branch (Asmara)
Board President of Cheshire Home
Managing Director of Leprosy Control Organization
Upon returning from Eritrea in 1990, he served as Board Member of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society and Head of its International Logistics Department.

He launched an environmental protection association called Lem Ethiopia in March 1992 to date serving as Vice President of the Board of the Association.