Teshome Toga Chanaka (Amharic: ተሾመ ቶጋ; born 23 April 1968) is an Ethiopian politician and second Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives, the lower chamber of the Ethiopian Parliament, from 2005 to 2010. He was succeeded by Abadula Gemeda.

Teshome Toga Chanaka
ተሾመ ቶጋ
Ambassador to Ghana
In office
1992–1993
Ambassador to Egypt
In office
1993–1996
Member of House of Federation
In office
1995–2010
Ambassador to Kenya and Tanzania
In office
1996–2001
Speaker of the House of People's Representatives
In office
10 October 2005 – 3 October 2010
Preceded byDawit Yohannes
Succeeded byAbadula Gemeda
Ambassador to Belgium
In office
2013–2019
Ambassador to China
In office
2019–present
Personal details
Born
Teshome Toga Chanaka

(1968-04-23) 23 April 1968 (age 56)
Dimtu, Ethiopia

Background

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Early life

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Teshome was born in Dimtu, Ethiopia, and completed his primary education in Bilate Tena Primary school. He was born into a farmer family, and used to help his family after school: by herding cattle and plowing. Teshome completed his secondary school in Sodo. After completing his secondary education, he attended Addis Ababa University in 1987.[citation needed]

Political career

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Teshome has worked in different levels of power from district to regional level in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, before becoming the Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives. Most of his governmental positions were being an ambassador of Ethiopia in different counties. Being stationed in Ghana (1992–93), Egypt (1993-1996), Kenya and Tanzania (1996-2001), Belgium (2013-2019),[1] and currently in China (2019-)[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ethiopian Ambassador presented his credentials to the king of Belgium". Embassy of Ethiopia in Belgium. 10 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Ethiopia disclosed diplomatic missions of 19 new ambassadors". Embassy of Ethiopia in Belgium. 28 December 2018.