Tamrat Layne

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Tamrat Layne (born 1965) is an Ethiopian former politician and a converted born-again Christian. During the 1980s, he was a leader of the Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (the forerunner of the Amhara National Democratic Movement), one of the groups that fought against Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam in the Ethiopian Civil War.[1]

When Mengistu was overthrown in 1991, Tamrat Layne became one of the three-man EPRDF-TPLF junta ruling the country and then in the democratically-elected government, the other members being Meles Zenawi (President) and Siye Abraha (Minister of Defence). His position was Prime Minister of the Transitional Government, in which capacity he served from June 6, 1991 until August 22, 1995, when President Meles Zenawi succeeded him as Prime Minister. Tamrat became deputy prime minister until October 1996.

Tamrat served twelve years in prison after a court found him guilty of corruption and embezzlement charges.[2] He reports that while in prison, over the course of three consecutive nights he encountered a figure that he identified as Jesus Christ.[2][3] He was freed on December 19, 2008. As of 2013 he shares his faith experience with others.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Young, John (1996). "The Tigray and Eritrean Peoples Liberation Fronts: A History of Tensions and Pragmatism". Journal of Modern African Studies 34 (1): 114 – via JSTOR. (subscription required (help)).
  2. 1 2 Maynard, Steve (29 April 2013). "Ex-prime minister of Ethiopia will speak at Prayer Breakfast". The News Tribune (Tacoma: The McClatchy Company). Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 Maynard, Steve (3 May 2013). "Former Ethiopia prime minister recounts finding faith in prison". The News Tribune (Tacoma: The McClatchy Company). Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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