Beyene petros biography of william hill
Beyene Petros (born March 11, 1950), Ethiopian politician ......
Beyene petros biography of william hill
Beyene Petros
Ethiopian biologist and politician (1950–2024)
Beyene Petros (Amharic: በየነ ጴጥሮስ; 11 March 1950 – 17 September 2024) was an Ethiopian politician and educator who was the professor of Biology at Addis Ababa University and a former member of the EthiopianHouse of People's Representatives, representing an electoral district in Badawacho of Hadiya Zone.
He was the chairman of one of the largest opposition political parties in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Forum Medrek.[1]
Political career
Petros joined politics in 1991 when the ruling EPRDF took power.
He was then appointed deputy minister of Education but later resigned from government. He has been a major opposition political figure since 1995. Petros was first elected to the parliament as member for Shone constituency in the May 2000 elections.
In the 2003 parliament, he served as chairman for the combined Council of Alternative Forces for Peace and Democracy in Ethiopia, the Southern Eth