Andebrhan Welde Giorgis - Eritrea at a Crossroads: A Narrative of Triumph, Betrayal and Hope

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About the Author

A mbassador Andebrhan Welde Giorgis is a member of the Board and Senior Adviser of the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES), a Senior Expert in the Peace and Security Section of the Global Governance Institute (GGI) and an Adjunct Professor of Diplomacy, African Politics and International Relations at Vesalius College, Free University of Brussels (VUB) where he is also a research fellow. He has extensive experience as a freedom fighter, scholar, central banker, diplomat, international negotiator, and political consultant with particular expertise in peace, security and development issues.

Andebrhan is a veteran of the war for Eritreas liberation and a founding member of the central committee of the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front (EPLF) and the Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). Upon independence, he served inter alia, as: President of the University of Asmera; Governor of the Bank of Eritrea; member of the Eritrean National Assembly; Ambassador to the EU, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom, and Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organisation and UNESCO; Eritreas Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes region; and Commissioner for Coordination with the UN Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE). After dissociating from the government of Eritrea in 2006, Andebrhan worked as Senior Advisor for the Africa Programme of the International Crisis Group and advised the European Commission for the Preparation of an EU Strategy for the Horn of Africa.