Meles Zenawi birth name Legesse Zenawi Asres 9 May 1955 – 20 August 2012 was the Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 to his death in 2012. From 1989, he was the chairman of the Tigrayan Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF), and the head of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) since its formation in 1991. Before becoming Prime Minister in 1995, he served as President of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995.
