Background
Workneh, Haile Giorgis was born on March 16, 1930 in Gedamgue, Tegulete, Ethiopia.
Workneh, Haile Giorgis was born on March 16, 1930 in Gedamgue, Tegulete, Ethiopia.
Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1952. Master of Civil Engineering, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1956.
Design engineer, Tippetts, Abbett, McCarthy & Stratton, New York City, 1956-1958; engineer construction supervision, War Reparation Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1958; director water resource development, Ministry Public Works and Communications, Addis Ababa, 1959-1960; vice minister water resource development, Ministry Public Works and Communications, Addis Ababa, 1960; vice minister public works, Ministry Public Works and Communications, Addis Ababa, 1960-1962; general manager Ethiopian highways Authority, Ministry Public Works and Communications, Addis Ababa, 1962-1965; minister public works, Ministry Public Works and Communications, Addis Ababa, 1965-1969; Lord Mayor, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, 1969-1974; political prisoner, Marxist Military Government, 1974-1982; chairman construction housing and urban development research council, Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission, Addis Ababa, 1982-1985; consultant road and road transport, United Nations Economics Common for Africa, Addis Ababa, 1985-1986; private consultant сivil engineering, Addis Ababa, 1987-1990; advisor, British Water Aid Branch, Ethiopia, since 1990.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers.
Parents: Workneh Aschenaki and Atsede Syoum. Married Jember Teferra, November 16, 1969. Children: Workneh, Teferra, Memmenasha, Lelo.
