Mulatu Teshome

11 recorded engagements, 2014–2018: 11 visits and 2 signed agreements.

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11Engagements

11Visits

0Phone calls

0Video conferences

2Signed agreements

8Destination countries

4Multilateral summits

2014–2018Years in LEAD

Biography

President of Ethiopia from 2013 to 2018

Mulatu Teshome Wirtu (Oromo: Mulaatuu Tashoome Wirtuu; Amharic: ሙላቱ ተሾመ ውርቱ; born 1957) is an Ethiopian politician who was president of Ethiopia from 2013 to 2018.

== Biography ==

Mulatu was born in the town of Arjo in Welega Province. He was educated in China, receiving his bachelor's degree in philosophy of political economy and doctorate in international politics at Peking University. He received his Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1990. He taught at some "foreign universities and institutions", according to Speaker Abadula Gemeda.

In the mid-1990s he was Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Cooperation under Minister Girma Birru, and he was appointed as Minister of Agriculture in 2001. He was also Speaker of the House of Federation from 2002 to 2005. He served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to China, Japan, Turkey, and Azerbaijan.

While serving as Ambassador to Turkey, he was elected as President of Ethiopia by a unanimous parliamentary vote on 7 October 2013. Girma Seifu of the Unity for Democracy and Justice, the sole opposition member of parliament, welcomed his election. Like his predecessors Girma Wolde...

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Where they travelled

Ethiopia Visited or called (darker = more often)

Most-visited countries

China3
Turkey2
South Korea1
Italy1
United Kingdom1
Cuba1
Poland1
Ghana1

Discussion topics

Diplomacy and Foreign Relations10
Trade and Economic Relations6
Environment and Climate Change2
Symbolic and Ceremonial Issues2
Infrastructure and Connectivity1
Security and Defense1
International Conflicts and Crises1
Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs1

Activity by year

Signed agreements

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

Date	Partner	What was signed
2017-05-11	United Kingdom	London Somalia Conference Security Pact London Somalia Conference Security Pact
2018-10-11	Turkey	Memorandum of Understanding on Trade and Investment Cooperation

Every recorded engagement

Date	Type	Destination	Agreements
2014-07-08 – 2014-07-11	Visit Summit	China · Guiyang
2014-09-07	Visit	China · Beijing
2015-12-04	Visit Summit	South Korea · Daegu
2016-03-11	Visit	Italy · Rome
2017-02-06 – 2017-02-10	Visit	Turkey · Ankara
2017-04-17	Visit	China · Beijing
2017-05-11	Visit Summit	United Kingdom · London	Agreement signedLondon Somalia Conference Security PactLondon Somalia Conference Security Pact
2018-01-08 – 2018-01-12	Visit	Cuba · Havana
2018-04-24	Visit	Poland · Warsaw
2018-09-13	Visit	Ghana · Accra
2018-10-11	Visit Summit	Turkey · Istanbul	Agreement signedMemorandum of Understanding on Trade and Investment Cooperation

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 [Mulatu Teshome leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/mulatu-teshome.html]