Haile Woldense

Infobox Officeholder


name=Haile Woldense
order=1st Minister of Finance and Development of Eritrea
term_start=1993
term_end=1997
successor=Ghebreselassie Yoseph
order2=4th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea
term_start2=1997
term_end2=2000
predecessor2=Petros Solomon
successor2=Ali Said Abdella
order3=3rd Minister of Trade & Industry of Eritrea
term_start3=2000
term_end3=2001
predecessor3=Ali Said Abdella
successor3=Gergis Teklemichael
birth_date=1946
birth_place=Maekel
death_date=
death_place=
party=PFDJ
profession=

Haile Woldense is an Eritrean politician.

Woldense attended High School in Asmara, Eritrea. After graduation he was accepted to the Addis Ababa University engineering program. There he met Isaias Afewerki and they withdrew from school to join the Eritrean Liberation Front. [cite book| title=Historical Dictionary of Eritrea| first=Tom |last=Killion |year=1998 | id=ISBN 0-8108-3437-5]

In 1974 he became a member of what would become the Eritrea People's Liberation Front (EPLF) Central Committee and joined the Political Bureau. He was the head master of EPLF's cadre school, who transformed the movement.

After Independence he became the Minister of Finance and Development and served in that position until 1997. In mid-February 1997, he was instead appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs. [ [http://www.africa.upenn.edu/eue_web/hoa0497.htm "President quietly shuffles cabinet"] , "Indian Ocean Newsletter", 29 March 1997 ("Horn of Africa Monthly Review", 21 February–28 April 1997).] As a member of the G-15, who requested the resignation of the President of Eritrea to end the war with Ethiopia, he was arrested and replaced in his position.

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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/795527.stm Picture of Woldense to the right of picture]