Girma Yeshitila

Girma Yeshitila (Amharic: ግርማ የሺጥላ; 1973 – 27 April 2023) was an Ethiopian politician and the head of the Prosperity Party in the Amhara region who was assassinated in 2023.

Girma Yeshitila
ግርማ የሺጥላ
Head of Prosperity Party, Amhara Region
Personal details
Born1973
Mehal Meda, Shewa Province, Ethiopian Empire
(present-day Ethiopia)
Died27 April 2023 (age 49 or 50)
North Shewa, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Manner of deathAssassination (gunshot wounds)
Political partyProsperity Party

Death

The government reported that he was traveling for work when he and his bodyguards were shot on 27 April 2023, in Menz, North Shewa, Ethiopia. Abiy Ahmed blamed "extremist" but the Amhara accused the Abiy's regime of the plot and assassination.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] At least 14 other people including Girma’s wife and police officers were injured. Another series of assassinations of the Amhara regional president and six other members were also reported in June 2019 which the government described as an ″attempted coup.″[8] As of 10 May 2023, no independent investigation was made for all of these murders.

See also

References
  1. "የብልጽግና ፓርቲ የዐማራ ክልል ቅርንጫፍ ጽ/ቤት ሓላፊ አቶ ግርማ የሺጥላ ተገደሉ". ቪኦኤ (in Amharic). Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. "Ethiopia: 47 arrests after murder of Girma Yeshitila, head of Abiy's Propserity Party party in Amhara". The Africa Report.com. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. "Ethiopia arrests 47 after murder of PM Abiy Ahmed's ally". The Citizen. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. "Ethiopia: 47 arrests after killing of prime minister's party leader". Africanews. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  5. "Ethiopia: Girma Yeshitila, Amhara Prosperity Party Head Shot Dead". Ground News. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  6. "Ethiopia arrests 47 after murder of Prime Minister Abiy's ally". Citizen Digital. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  7. "Gunmen shot dead senior Ethiopian ruling party official". hornobserver.com. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  8. ACLED, Communications (3 May 2023). "EPO Weekly: 22-28 April 2023". Ethiopia Peace Observatory. Retrieved 10 May 2023.


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