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Foreign Minister · Prime Minister · Ethiopia

Hailemariam Desalegn

100 recorded engagements, 2010–2018: 100 visits and 18 signed agreements.

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100Engagements
100Visits
0Phone calls
0Video conferences
18Signed agreements
37Destination countries
57Multilateral summits
2010–2018Years in LEAD

Biography

Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 2012 to 2018

Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe (Amharic: ኀይለማሪያም ደሳለኝ ቦሼ; born 19 July 1965) is an Ethiopian politician who served as prime minister of Ethiopia from 2012 to 2018. He also previously served as deputy prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi from 2010 to 2012. After Meles' death in August 2012, Hailemariam succeeded him as prime minister, initially in an acting capacity. He was then elected as the chair of the EPRDF, the ruling party, on 15 September 2012. Hailemariam also served as the chairperson of the African Union from 2013 to 2014.

Before becoming prime minister, he was a civil engineer, university administrator, president of Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region, and later deputy prime minister and foreign minister under Meles Zenawi.

He submitted his resignation as prime minister and chair of the EPRDF on 15 February 2018 in response to the fallout from mass protests and unrest in 2016. His resignation was accepted on 11 March 2018, but he stayed in office as head of the caretaker government until 2 April 2018. Hailemariam is the first ruler in modern Ethiopian history to step down; previous leaders have died in office or been...

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Where they travelled

Ethiopia   Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America10
  • Kenya9
  • Rwanda6
  • South Africa5
  • Sudan5
  • Uganda5
  • South Sudan5
  • France4
  • Egypt4
  • Somalia3
  • Switzerland3
  • Belgium3

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations80
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs54
  • Trade and Economic Relations32
  • Security and Defense15
  • Development and Aid11
  • International Conflicts and Crises9
  • Environment and Climate Change6
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity6
  • Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues5
  • Financial and Monetary Issues2
  • Energy2
  • Human Rights and Governance2

Activity by year

2010: 1 engagement2011: 2 engagements2012: 7 engagements2013: 23 engagements2014: 13 engagements2015: 16 engagements2016: 19 engagements2017: 18 engagements2018: 1 engagement201020152018

Signed agreements

Where the agreement's title was not recorded, its type or category is shown, as coded in the dataset.

DatePartnerWhat was signed
2013-04-23KenyaFunctional cooperation
2013-12-12KenyaLAPSSET Corridor Agreement (follow-up)
2013-12-27KenyaLAPSSET Corridor Agreement (follow-up)
2014-06-23BeninFunctional cooperation
2014-06-23NigeriaFunctional cooperation
2015-03-23SudanHigh-level politics
2015-06-09EgyptTripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) Agreement
Agreement on Trade Facilitation and Infrastructure Development
Framework for Technical Timelines to Reduce Trade Barriers
2015-12-07KenyaFunctional cooperation
2016-04-21United States of AmericaHigh-level politics
2016-06-22KenyaHigh-level politics
2016-10-18MadagascarHigh-level politics
2017-03-02UgandaFunctional cooperation
2017-03-29ZambiaFunctional cooperation
2017-03-31TanzaniaConsular Agreement
2017-04-27RwandaFunctional cooperation
2017-05-12ChinaLoan Agreement for Adama Industrial Park Construction
Economic and Technical Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative
MoU between Ethiopia and Hunan Province on Industrial Park Management
2017-11-13QatarEconomic Partnership Agreement
2018-01-18EgyptAgreement on the Establishment of an Egyptian-Ethiopian Joint Investment Council
Inaugural Protocol of the Egyptian-Ethiopian Joint Commission Session ; Bilateral Cooperation Instruments on Customs, Agriculture, and Manufacturing

Every recorded engagement

DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2010-11-30 – 2010-12-05VisitIndia · New Delhi
2011-05-04 – 2011-05-06Visit SummitSouth Africa · Cape Town
2011-09-23 – 2011-09-26Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2012-09-16VisitSomalia · Mogadishu
2012-09-25 – 2012-10-01Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2012-09-26VisitSudan · Khartoum
2012-11-21 – 2012-11-23VisitKenya · Nairobi
2012-11-23 – 2012-11-24Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2012-12-26 – 2012-12-27VisitSudan · Khartoum
2012-12-27VisitSouth Sudan · Juba
2013-01-23 – 2013-01-25Visit SummitSwitzerland · Davos
2013-02-26Visit SummitEquatorial Guinea · Malabo
2013-03-26 – 2013-03-27Visit SummitSouth Africa · Durban
2013-04-17 – 2013-04-18VisitBelgium · Brussels
2013-04-19VisitFrance · Paris
2013-04-23 – 2013-04-24VisitKenya · NairobiAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2013-06-02 – 2013-06-04Visit SummitJapan · Yokohama
2013-06-14 – 2013-06-17VisitChina · Beijing
2013-06-17 – 2013-06-18Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · Lough Erne
2013-07-15 – 2013-07-16Visit SummitNigeria · Abuja
2013-08-04Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2013-09-04 – 2013-09-06Visit SummitRussia · Saint Petersburg
2013-09-25Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2013-10-21Visit SummitDenmark · Copenhagen
2013-10-29Visit SummitRwanda · Kigali
2013-11-19 – 2013-11-20Visit SummitKuwait · Kuwait City
2013-11-20 – 2013-11-22Visit SummitPoland · Warsaw
2013-12-03 – 2013-12-04VisitSudan · Khartoum
2013-12-06Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2013-12-12VisitKenya · NairobiAgreement signedLAPSSET Corridor Agreement (follow-up)
2013-12-15VisitSouth Africa · Qunu
2013-12-26VisitSouth Sudan · Juba
2013-12-27Visit SummitKenya · NairobiAgreement signedLAPSSET Corridor Agreement (follow-up)
2014-01-20 – 2014-01-22Visit SummitUnited Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi
2014-03-14VisitEgypt · Sharm el-Sheikh
2014-04-02 – 2014-04-03Visit SummitBelgium · Brussels
2014-04-08VisitRwanda · Kigali
2014-06-23 – 2014-06-24VisitBenin · Cotonou, Porto-NovoAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2014-06-23VisitNigeria · AbujaAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2014-06-26 – 2014-06-27Visit SummitEquatorial Guinea · Malabo
Show all 100 engagements
DateTypeDestinationAgreements
2014-07-31Visit SummitKenya · Nairobi
2014-08-04 – 2014-08-06Visit SummitUnited States of America · Washington
2014-09-25VisitUnited States of America · New York
2014-10-20 – 2014-10-21Visit SummitDenmark · Copenhagen
2014-10-22VisitSouth Sudan · Juba
2014-12-03VisitGermany · Berlin
2015-02-08VisitDjibouti · Djibouti City
2015-03-23Visit SummitSudan · KhartoumAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2015-06-07 – 2015-06-08Visit SummitGermany · Munich
2015-06-09 – 2015-06-10Visit SummitEgypt · Sharm el-SheikhAgreement signedTripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) AgreementAgreement on Trade Facilitation and Infrastructure DevelopmentFramework for Technical Timelines to Reduce Trade Barriers
2015-06-13Visit SummitSouth Africa · Pretoria
2015-08-26 – 2015-08-27VisitSouth Sudan · Juba
2015-09-02 – 2015-09-04VisitChina · Beijing
2015-09-25 – 2015-09-26Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2015-09-28Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2015-10-20Visit SummitGermany · Berlin
2015-10-26 – 2015-10-29Visit SummitIndia · New Delhi
2015-11-10Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2015-11-11 – 2015-11-12Visit SummitMalta · Valletta
2015-11-30Visit SummitFrance · Paris
2015-12-03 – 2015-12-05Visit SummitSouth Africa · Johannesburg
2015-12-07VisitKenya · NairobiAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2016-01-20 – 2016-01-23Visit SummitSwitzerland · Davos
2016-01-23Visit SummitJordan · Amman
2016-02-20 – 2016-02-21Visit SummitEgypt · Cairo
2016-02-25 – 2016-02-26VisitBurundi · Bujumbura
2016-04-08 – 2016-04-10VisitGhana · Accra
2016-04-21Visit SummitUnited States of America · WashingtonAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2016-05-08VisitDjibouti · Djibouti City
2016-05-12 – 2016-05-13Visit SummitRwanda · Kigali
2016-06-15 – 2016-06-16VisitBelgium · Brussels
2016-06-22 – 2016-06-24Visit SummitKenya · NairobiAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2016-07-05Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2016-07-10 – 2016-07-19Visit SummitRwanda · Kigali
2016-09-05 – 2016-09-06Visit SummitRwanda · Kigali
2016-09-13Visit SummitSomalia · Mogadishu
2016-09-21Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2016-10-18 – 2016-10-19Visit SummitMadagascar · AntananarivoAgreement signedHigh-level politics
2016-10-28VisitSouth Sudan · Juba
2016-11-20 – 2016-11-22VisitSaudi Arabia · Riyadh
2016-12-01 – 2016-12-05Visit SummitUnited Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi
2017-01-08VisitGhana · Accra
2017-01-10VisitDjibouti · Djibouti City
2017-01-16 – 2017-01-20Visit SummitSwitzerland · Davos
2017-02-22VisitSomalia · Mogadishu
2017-03-02 – 2017-03-05VisitUganda · KampalaAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2017-03-24 – 2017-03-25Visit SummitKenya · Nairobi
2017-03-29 – 2017-03-31VisitZambia · LusakaAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2017-03-31 – 2017-04-01VisitTanzania · Dar es SalaamAgreement signedConsular Agreement
2017-04-27 – 2017-04-29VisitRwanda · KigaliAgreement signedFunctional cooperation
2017-05-11 – 2017-05-12Visit SummitUnited Kingdom · London
2017-05-12 – 2017-05-15Visit SummitChina · BeijingAgreement signedLoan Agreement for Adama Industrial Park ConstructionEconomic and Technical Cooperation under the Belt and Road InitiativeMoU between Ethiopia and Hunan Province on Industrial Park Management
2017-05-27Visit SummitItaly · Taormina
2017-06-04 – 2017-06-06VisitIsrael · Jerusalem
2017-06-20 – 2017-06-23Visit SummitUganda · Kampala
2017-08-15 – 2017-08-17VisitSudan · Khartoum
2017-09-20 – 2017-09-22Visit SummitUnited States of America · New York
2017-11-13 – 2017-11-16VisitQatar · DohaAgreement signedEconomic Partnership Agreement
2017-11-28VisitKenya · Nairobi
2018-01-18VisitEgypt · CairoAgreement signedAgreement on the Establishment of an Egyptian-Ethiopian Joint Investment CouncilInaugural Protocol of the Egyptian-Ethiopian Joint Commission Session ; Bilateral Cooperation Instruments on Customs, Agriculture, and Manufacturing

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Hailemariam Desalegn leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/hailemariam-desalegn.html]