Kifle Wodajo was the Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ethiopia)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Ethiopian government ministry which oversees the foreign relations of Ethiopia....

 (1974–1977) and the first Secretary-General of the Organization of African States (25 May 1963 - 21 July 1964).

He lived in exile between the years of 1977 and 1991. After his return, Kifle joined Teshome Hailemariam and Dereje Deresse to found the Ethiopian National Democratic Organization. Kifle became a member of the House of People's Representatives

House of People's Representatives

The Federal Parliamentary Assembly of Ethiopia has two chambers. The lower house is the House of Peoples' Representatives with 547 members , elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies.-Speakers of the House of Peoples'...

 and served as chairman of commission which drafted the 1995 Constitution

1995 Constitution of Ethiopia

The current Constitution of Ethiopia, which is the supreme law of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, was adopted by the Transitional Government of Ethiopia in December 1994 and came into force in August 1995. The constitution was drawn up by the Constituent Assembly elected in June of that year.The...

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