Girma Birru

Girma Birru trained in economics at Addis Ababa University and the Institute of Social Studies. He worked as a public sector economist before holding Ethiopia’s economic development and cooperation portfolio and then the trade and industry ministry. ¹

He was Ethiopia’s chief negotiator for accession to the World Trade Organization. He presented credentials in February 2011 and served through 2017. ^{1, 2, 3}