Career diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde has been appointed Ethiopia’s first female president, and Africa's only female head of state. On the brink of retirement, she did not seem destined for a political career. Ethiopian parliamentarians unanimously appointed Sahle-Work Zewde as president after the surprise resignation of Mulatu Teshome, who had held the post since 2013. This may have been a case of lucky timing. The appointment of a joint government composed of an equal number of men and women may have set the tone.
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