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Wolle Chekol (1941-2005) was born in Gojam, Ethiopia. He completed elementary and secondary education in Gojam and earned his BA degree in economics from Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with distinction.
Chekol served as a junior expert in the then development commission of Ethiopia and went on to get his second degree, a MA in Economics from Center for Development Economics, Massachusetts, USA.
[edit] Government positions held
- Served as senior expert in the development commission of Ethiopia
- Member of the Constituent Assembly of Ethiopia.
- Head, Economic Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Head, Foreign Economic Relations, National Central Planning Office
- Minister, Ministry of Foreign Trade(1979-1987)
- Minister, Ministry of Finance(1987-1990)
- Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1989-1991)
[edit] Bilateral functions (1970-1991)
- Ethio-Italian Economic and Technical Commission, Co-chairman
- Ethio-Chinese Economic and Technical Commission, Co-chairman
- Ethio-Yemen Economic and Technical Commission, Co-chairman
- Ethio-Djibouti Economic and Technical Commission, Co-chairman
- Ethio-Yugoslav Economic and Technical Commission, Co-chairman
- Ethio-Czechoslovakian Economic and Technical Commission, Co-chairman
- Ethio-USSR Economic and Technical Commission, Co-chairman
[edit] Multilateral functions (1970-1991)
- Africa Group vice chairman at the 1976 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- Africa Group chairman at the 6th United Nations Conference on Trade
- Africa Group Chairman at the Group of 77 (G77) Conferences
- Chairman, African Ministers of Trade
- Chairman, African Ministers of Finance
- Chaired various international conferences at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).
[edit] Private business
- General Manager, Micro and Small Enterprise Development Program (MSEDP) Ethiopia
- Founding Partner and Deputy General Manager, Afroconsult PLC, Ethiopia
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