Background
Bekele, Asfaw was born on June 19, 1930 in Gimbi, Wellega, Ethiopia. Son of Asfaw Bungule and Kenae Rikitu.
Transportation company executive
Bekele, Asfaw was born on June 19, 1930 in Gimbi, Wellega, Ethiopia. Son of Asfaw Bungule and Kenae Rikitu.
Diploma in aeronautical engineering, Aeronautica University, Chicago, 1958. Bachelor of Business Administration, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1972.
Supervisor inspection Ethiopian Airlines, Addis Ababa, 1960-1962, foreman inspection, 1962-1966, contracts administrator, 1966-1970, finance director, 1970-1978. General manager Russian Research Center Air Service, 1978-1983, Pioneers Ethio-Aviation, Addis Ababa, 1994-1998. President Ethiopian National Credit Cooperative Society, Addis, 1968-1974.
Member Ethiopian Red Cross, since 1968. Member Ethiopian Bible Society Lodges: Orthodox (finance officer since 1976).
Married Abebech Gizaw, May 7, 1960. Children: Woubababa, Tsigereda, Andualem, Maskerem, Merone.
