Background
Telahun, Hailu was born on January 6, 1935 in Nekempte, Wollega, Ethiopia. Son of Guebre-mariam Telahun and Abitew Taitu.
international labor organization official
Telahun, Hailu was born on January 6, 1935 in Nekempte, Wollega, Ethiopia. Son of Guebre-mariam Telahun and Abitew Taitu.
Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, 1952-1956, Bachelor of Arts. University of Michigan, United States of America, 1956-1957. Nebraska Missouri State University, United States of America, 1957-1958, Master of Arts.
Spoken languages: English, French, Amharic, Oromigna.
Deputy director Haile Selassie I Secondary School, Addis Ababa, 1959-1960. Director school supervision Ministry Education, 1960-1962, general manager Educational Mass Media Center, 1966-1968. Program assistant teaching materials section education department United Nations Educational, Paris, 1962-1964.
Program officer Regional Office for Africa, International Labor Organization, Addis Ababa, 1968-1973, deputy director Area Office for Central Africa, Yaounde, Cameroon, 1973-1977, deputy director Area Office for South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 1977-1979, director Area Office for East Africa Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 1979—1983, senior regional program coordinator for Africa Addis Ababa, 1983—1992, director area office for Addis Ababa, 1992—1995. Consultant, adviser to governments, employers and workers organizations International Labor Organization. Visiting fellow University Strasbourg, France, 1966.
Visiting fellow to study educational system in Porrtugal. Presenter in field.
Contributor articles to professional publications.
Member American Management Association, Ethiopian Economic Association, Environmental Association Ethiopia, Ethiopian Ethnological Society, Oxford Club.
Human resources dev, mgmt dev, property mgmt. Reading, field tennis.
Married Fanaye Demmelash, April 8, 1976 (deceased). Married Serawit Shiferraw, June 14, 1981. Children: Tadessech Hailu and Taitu Hailu (twins), Menen Hailu.