Tamirat Layne

Tamirat Layne ( spelling Amharic ታምራት ላይኔ; * 1955 in the former kingdom of Abyssinia ) was the head of the transitional government of Ethiopia during the democratic transformation phase.

He was of 6 June 1991 to 22 August 1995, the first Prime Minister of Ethiopia after the civil war in Ethiopia. The Lutheran is a member of Amharic National Democratic Movement ( ANDB ) which is a member party of the coalition of the Revolutionary Democratic Front.

The Revolution

In the Ethiopian civil war during the 1980s, he was the leader of the Democratic Movement of the Ethiopian People (EPDM, the predecessor party of ANDB ) and fought with other opposition groups against the dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam's Derg and.

Political career 1991-2000

When Mengistu was overthrown in 1991, Layne was as Prime Minister one of the three persons in the triumvirate of the EPRDF with the People's Liberation Front of Tigray, which govern the country for the Übergangangszeit and then should be unformed in a democratically elected government; the other members were Meles Zenawi (President) and Siye Abraha ( Minister of Defence ). August 22, 1995 he was replaced the former Minister Meles Zenawi as Prime Minister from. Layne became deputy prime minister until October 1996, when he was released.

Release

Tamirat Layne sat for 12 years from an originally scheduled for 18 years in prison after a court had convicted him of charges of corruption and embezzlement. He was discharged on 19 December 2008. The court his good behavior while in detention as a reason for his release. Since his family moved to Germany, is expected of him to follow them. Tamirat Layne is, since he was imprisoned, converted to evangelical Christianity, and has announced that it will participate in any political organizations but serve Jesus Christ and strive for the welfare of his people.