Girma woldegiorgis died

Girma's Government Experience

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In 1933 he was enlisted at the Ethiopian Military Radio Communication set up by U.K.
in 1936 graduated from the Genet Military School as a Sub-Lieutenant
joined the Air Force in 1938 and took various Air Management courses
became assistant teacher in Air Navigation and Flight Control in 1940
became head of Civil Aviation of the Federal Government of Eritrea in 1947
assumed the post of Director General of the Ethiopian Civil Aviation in 1949 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 1953 was elected president of the parliament for three consecutive years.

He 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.
represented the business community in the Civil consultative Commission set-up by the Dergue until it was dissolved in 1967.
served as Manager of the Import and Export Enterprise (IMPEX).
served as deputy Commissioner of the Peace Programme drawn up in 1969 by the provisional military government to settle the Eritrean problem peacefully.
became member of the Council of Peoples Representatives of FDRE after winning in the Becho Woreda constituency, West Shoa Zone of Oromia State, as a private candidate in the second round elections in 1992.