2012 in Ethiopia
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The following lists events that happened during 2012 in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Incumbents
- President: Girma Wolde-Giorgis
- Prime Minister: Meles Zenawi (until August 20), Hailemariam Desalegn (starting August 20)
Events
January
- 17 January – Unknown assailants kill 2 Hungarians, 2 Germans and an Austrian in northeastern Ethiopia.[1]
- 25 January – A truck bomb detonates at an Ethiopian military base in Somalia.[2]
- 28 January – The African Union opens its new headquarters in Addis Ababa.[3]
August
- 20 August – Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died in Brussels and succeeded by Hailemariam Desalegn.[4]
September
- 2 September – Meles' state funeral took place in Addis Ababa and inhumed at Holy Trinity Cathedral Church.[5]
Deaths
- 10 February – Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher, 75, writer.[6]
- 10 April – Afewerk Tekle, 79, artist.[7]
