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Head of Ethiopia’s Supreme court, Meaza Ashenafi, and her deputy, Solomon Areda Waktolla have resigned from their positions, without stating any reasons for their resignations. In their place, Parliament has approved the appointments of Assistant Professor Tewdros Mihret, from Addis Ababa university as Chief Justice, and Federal Supreme Court Judge, Abeba Embiale, as Deputy Chief Justice
Head of Ethiopia’s Supreme court, Meaza Ashenafi, and her deputy, Solomon Areda Waktolla have resigned from their positions, without stating any reasons for their resignations. In their place, Parliament has approved the appointments of Assistant Professor Tewdros Mihret, from Addis Ababa university as Chief Justice, and Federal Supreme Court Judge, Abeba Embiale, as Deputy Chief Justice.
Chief Justice Meaza and her deputy Solomon were nominated by PM Abiy Ahmed to the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) On 01 Nov. 2018. during which both have received a unanimous vote from the House.
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It may be noted that Solomon has recently been appointed as a half-time judge of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal for the term 2023-2030 by the United Nations General Assembly’s 34th plenary meeting. Elections for the post were held on the 15th of November 2022 in New York. That could be the reason for his resignation from the post of Deputy Chief Justice. But the reason for the resignation of the chief justice is still not known.
