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Seyoum Mesfin
Ethiopian politician and diplomat (1949–2021)
This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Seyoum, and not as Mesfin Gebredingel.
Seyoum Mesfin Gebredingel (SAY-yoom MEHS-fihn; Tigrinya: ሰዩም መስፍን, pronounced[säyuməmesefənə]ⓘ;[2] 25 January 1949 – 13 January 2021) was an Ethiopian politician and diplomat.
He was Ethiopia's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 2010 and served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to China from 2011 to 2017.
Early life and education
Seyoum was born on 25 January 1949 in Tigray, Ethiopia, as Ambaye Mesfin.
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He later changed from Ambaye to Seyoum as a nom de guerre.[3] He attended Agazi Secondary School in Adigrat and Bahir Dar Polytechnic Institute from which he received a diploma in industrial chemistry in 1971.
He studied international law at the University of Amsterdam. In May 2010, he was awarded a doctorate of let