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Semere Russom (born July 27, 1943) began his professional life as a teacher. He traveled to the United States as a student at the University of Oklahoma, but terminated his studies in 1976 to serve in the Eritrean People's Liberation Front. After Eritrea's independence he served as
Eritrean Ambassador to the United States The Eritrean ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Asmara to the Government of the United States. List of representatives See also *Eritrea–United States relations References {{reflist Un ...
and Canada. Afterwards he continued his career in public service as Director of European Affairs in the Eritrea
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until 2001. On 1 January 2002, he left the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to become the Mayor of
Asmara Asmara ( ), or Asmera, is the capital and most populous city of Eritrea, in the country's Central Region. It sits at an elevation of , making it the sixth highest capital in the world by altitude and the second highest capital in Africa. The ...
and the Administrator of the
Central Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
Region of Eritrea. In April 2007 he was appointed to head the Ministry of Education while continuing service as the Mayor and Administrator of Asmara, and the Central Region respectively. On July 21, 2018, he was appointed as the Eritrean Ambassador to Ethiopia, shortly after bilateral ties were restored between the countries.


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1943 births Living people Eritrean diplomats People's Front for Democracy and Justice politicians Government ministers of Eritrea University of Oklahoma alumni Mayors of places in Eritrea Ambassadors of Eritrea to Canada Ambassadors of Eritrea to the United States {{UOklahoma-stub