Background
Gabre-Mariam Bokan, Teshome was born on December 15, 1931 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Teshome Gabre-Mariam Bokan
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University of College of Addis Ababa (Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, 1954). Faculty of Law, McGill University, Canada (Bachelor of Civil Law, 1957). Institute of Air & Space Law, McGill University, Canada (1957).
Faculty of Comparative Law, International University of Comparative Sciences, Luxembourg - Diplome de Droit Compare (1958).
Spoken languages: Amharic, Oromo, Sidamo, English, French and Italian.
Career
Admitted to the bar, 1982, Ethiopia. Participant-time Lecturer in Law, Haile Selassie University, 1964-1967. Principal Legal Advisor and Executive Assistant to the General Manager of Ethiopian Airlines, 1958-1961.
Director General, Ministry of Public Works and Communications, Government of Ethiopia, 1961-1962.
Principal Legal Advisor of and Secretary to Board of Directors, Development Bank of Ethiopia, 1962-1963. Member, Drafting Committee, Organization of African Unity Charter and Principal Legal Advisor to the Constituent Assembly of the African Heads of State and Government, May 1963.
Attorney-General of Ethiopia, 1965-1967. Vice Minister, and later Minister of State, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Government of Ethiopia, 1967-1974.
Political detainee, 1974-1982.
Principal Advisor, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Government of Ethiopia, 1982-1983. Member: Addis Ababa Bar Association. African International Law Association (Vice President, 1986).
International Bar Association (Member, Section of Energy and Natural Resources Law with particular interest in Committee B).
Constitution Drafting Commission for Ethiopia (1993-1994). London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).
Military: (1958).
Achievements
Membership
Member, Drafting Committee, Organization of African Unity Charter and Principal Legal Advisor to the Constituent Assembly of the African Heads of State and Government, May 1963. Attorney-General of Ethiopia, 1965-1967. Vice Minister, and later Minister of State, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Government of Ethiopia, 1967-1974.
Political detainee, 1974-1982.
Principal Advisor, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Government of Ethiopia, 1982-1983. Member: Addis Ababa Bar Association.
African International Law Association (Vice President, 1986). International Bar Association (Member, Section of Energy and Natural Resources Law with particular interest in Committee B).
Constitution Drafting Commission for Ethiopia (1993-1994).
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). Military: (1958).
