Foreign Minister · President · Ethiopia
Taye Atske Selassie
21 recorded engagements, 2024–2025: 21 visits and 5 signed agreements.
Biography
President of Ethiopia since 2024
Taye Atske Selassie Amde (Amharic: ታዬ አጽቀሥላሴ, born 13 January 1956) is an Ethiopian diplomat and politician who has served as the president of Ethiopia since 2024. Prior to his presidency, he served in multiple diplomatic roles, including ambassador to Egypt and permanent representative to the United Nations, and as minister of foreign affairs.
== Early life and education ==
Taye Atske Selassie Amde was born in Debarq, Gondar. He graduated from Addis Ababa University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and International Relations and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations and Strategic Studies from Lancaster University in 1989.
== Career ==
In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taye was a consultant in the European Department, head of the Western Europe Department, and acting Director of Information. He was Minister Counsellor at the Ethiopian embassy in Washington D.C. and consul general in Los Angeles from October 2002 to November 2010. From 2017 to 2018, he served as Ethiopia's ambassador to Egypt. In 2018, he became Permanent representative to the United Nations for Ethiopia. He was critical of a report by the International Commission of Human Rights Experts...
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Where they travelled
Ethiopia Visited or called (darker = more often)
Most-visited countries
Discussion topics
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-07 | Turkey | Ankara Declaration (Ethiopia–Somalia Reconciliation Agreement) |
| 2024-05-21 | Saudi Arabia | Outcomes Agreement of the 6th Ethio-Saudi Joint Ministerial Commission |
| 2024-06-05 | Singapore | MoU on the Establishment of Bilateral Consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore ; Statement of Intent on Transport Sector Cooperation between the Ministry of Transport of Singapore and the Ministry of Transport and Logistics of Ethiopia |
| 2024-07-01 | Turkey | Joint Ankara Statement |
| 2024-08-13 | Turkey | Ankara Declaration (Ethiopia–Somalia Reconciliation Agreement) |
Every recorded engagement
| Date | Type | Destination | Agreements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-07 | Visit | Turkey · Ankara | Agreement signedAnkara Declaration (Ethiopia–Somalia Reconciliation Agreement) |
| 2024-02-29 | Visit | Tanzania · Dar es Salaam | |
| 2024-05-08 | Visit | Turkey · Ankara | |
| 2024-05-21 – 2024-05-23 | Visit | Saudi Arabia · Riyadh | Agreement signedOutcomes Agreement of the 6th Ethio-Saudi Joint Ministerial Commission |
| 2024-06-05 | Visit | Singapore · Singapore | Agreement signedMoU on the Establishment of Bilateral Consultations between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore ; Statement of Intent on Transport Sector Cooperation between the Ministry of Transport of Singapore and the Ministry of Transport and Logistics of Ethiopia |
| 2024-06-10 – 2024-06-11 | Visit | Russia · Nizhny Novgorod | |
| 2024-06-23 | Visit | Djibouti · Djibouti City | |
| 2024-07-01 | Visit | Turkey · Ankara | Agreement signedJoint Ankara Statement |
| 2024-07-18 – 2024-07-19 | Visit | Ghana · Accra | |
| 2024-08-13 | Visit | Turkey · Ankara | Agreement signedAnkara Declaration (Ethiopia–Somalia Reconciliation Agreement) |
| 2024-09-03 | Visit | China · Beijing | |
| 2024-09-27 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2024-10-31 | Visit Summit | Burundi · Bujumbura | |
| 2024-11-11 – 2024-11-13 | Visit Summit | Azerbaijan · Baku | |
| 2025-01-10 – 2025-01-11 | Visit Summit | Uganda · Kampala | |
| 2025-02-20 | Visit Summit | South Africa · Johannesburg | |
| 2025-05-08 – 2025-05-09 | Visit Summit | Russia · Moscow | |
| 2025-07-05 – 2025-07-06 | Visit Summit | Comoros · Moroni | |
| 2025-09-10 | Visit Summit | Belgium · Brussels | |
| 2025-09-24 – 2025-09-25 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York | |
| 2025-09-25 | Visit Summit | United States of America · New York |
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 [Taye Atske Selassie leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/taye-atske-selassie.html]