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|image = Meles Zenawi - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012.jpg
|fullname = Meles Zenawi Asres
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|origin = Adwa, Tigray Province, Ethiopian Empire
|occupation = Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1995 - 2012)<br>President of Ethiopia (1991 - 1995)
|type of villain = Corrupt Official
|goals =
|crimes = Human rights abuses<br>Political repression<br>Warmongering<br>[[War crimes]]
|hobby = }}
'''Meles Zenawi Asres''' (9 May 1955 – 20 August 2012) was the Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 until his death in 2012. From 1985, he was the chairman of the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front (TPLF), and the head of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). He was President of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and became the Prime Minister of Ethiopia in 1995 following the general elections that year.


In 1975, he left college to join the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, and opposing the [[Derg]]. After the overthrow, he was elected as Prime Minister.
[[File:Meles Zenawi.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]Meles Zenawi Asres was the Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1995 until his death in 2012. From 1985, he was the chairman of the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front (TPLF), and the head of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF). He was President of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and became the Prime Minister of Ethiopia in 1995 following the general elections that year.


While his government was credited with reforms such as those that led a multi-party political system in Ethiopia, introduction of private press in Ethiopia and decreased child mortality rates, his government was also accused of political repression and various human rights abuses, curbing freedom of press and dissent. He has also faced accusations of warmongering and committing [[war crimes]] as part of Ethiopia's involvement in the [[Civil War|civil war]] in neighboring Somalia from 2006 to 2011, though his primary targets have been the [[militant Islam]]ist groups [[Al-Shabaab]] and the [[Islamic Courts Union]]. During his premiership, Zenawi also displayed prejudice towards non-Christians - towards Muslims in particular.
In 1975, he left college to join the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, and opposing the Derg. After the overthrow, he was elected as Prime Minister.


Known by the media as one of Africa's strongmen, he was also an ally in the United States' "War on Terror".
While his government was credited with reforms such as those that led a multi-party political system in Ethiopia, introduction of private press in Ethiopia and decreased child mortality rates, his government was also accused of political repression and various human rights abuses, curbing freedom of press. and dissent. Known by the media as one of Africa's strongmen, he was also an ally in the United States' "War on Terror".
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