Kassahun Ayele

Kassahun Ayele trained as a mechanical engineer and studied tribology and machine design at the University of Leeds. In a 1999 interview, he described a career in sugar production and industrial consultancy before government service. ¹

As trade and industry minister, he discussed diversifying exports and improving access through Djibouti. He became ambassador in Washington in 2002. In a December 2005 embassy statement, he advocated Ethiopia’s position on the border dispute with Eritrea. ^{1, 3, 2}