Died Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on Monday night for fifty-seven years, while in office 21 years ago, where the rule with an iron fist, after he was a former commander in the guerrilla war. Considered opponents autocrat, and saw it as a visionary supporters, like the emperors of Ethiopia's historic.
A spokesman for the Ethiopian government Barakat Simon said, "Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died nearly midnight Monday - Tuesday, explaining that he was" abroad "without adding any details., But the spokesman of the European Commission Olivier Bay announced that Mehlis" died in Brussels ".
Belgian news agency confirmed its part Meles Zenawi died Monday night in the intensive care unit at Saint-Luc University Hospital in Brussels. But the hospital refused to confirm this information.
Ethiopian government spokesman explained that Mehlis was "recovering well but suddenly something happens and move on down to the intensive care unit where they could not refreshed." The spokesman did not give details about the disease, which was suffered by Zenawi.
Prime Minister did not appear in public since last June, has walked several rumors about his health.
In a press conference held later, a government spokesman said Mehlis had been suffering from health problems "since." "But best of what happened to him is that he has never considered that he was sick and he was ready to work all the time and all days and all nights," adding that the Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Hailemriam Dacelin will take over as prime minister by proxy.
He said that "under the Constitution Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister will travel to the parliament for oath," he said, adding that the government is working to call Parliament into session "as soon as possible," stressing that "all things are stable."
In July last year, according to diplomatic sources in Brussels told "AFP" that Mehlis was admitted to the hospital in the Belgian capital and he was in critical condition.
The diplomatic source said that his departure could lead to serious consequences in this unstable region. He added that Mehlis "impose his authority on neighboring countries and was a pole stability between Sudan and Eritrea, and Somalia."
Since talking about Meles hospitalized, doubts prevailed in the health status of the man who leads the second largest country in sub-Saharan Africa in terms of population.
The Ethiopian government has tried in recent weeks rumor reassurance on the health status of the Prime Minister.
Did not announce a date for the funeral after Mehlis, Barakat said "procedures funeral will take place according to a plan drawn up by a committee working on this issue," explaining that Ethiopia will be in a state of "national mourning" to organize the funeral "in honor of the Prime Minister."
And mourned South African President Jacob Zuma Mehlis, stressing that he was "a strong leader not only in his country but in every continent, acts as an intermediary in a large number of discussions, especially in the Horn of Africa."
He stressed that South Africa was "confident that the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hailemriam Dacelin who will be acting Prime Minister under the Ethiopian constitution, he will continue to work to keep stability and peace in the region to protect this legacy Mehlis."
For his part, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso that Zenye was "a respected African leaders demonstrated great personal commitment for many years to improve the lives of Ethiopians and all the peoples of Africa."
He praised British Prime Minister David Cameron Mehlis, describing it as "an inspiring speaker on behalf of Africa." "The personal contribution to the development of Ethiopia, especially in the output of millions of Ethiopians out of poverty sets an example for the region."
Mehlis, who rule knew Ptakecvh, Ethiopia with an iron fist since 1991. He arrived to power at the head of an armed group was able to topple the regime of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam.
And in person embodies all the power in his country, which turned him into a key ally of the United States in the campaign against extremism in the Horn of Africa.
Mehlis was not reaching the age of 25 when he took the support of the leadership comrades in arms, "People's Liberation Front Tegreh" in 1979 after only five years of abandonment follow-up study of medicine to join revolution التيغريه in the north of the country.
Assumed the Presidency of the Republic (1991 1995) by amending the Constitution which granted Ethiopia parliamentary system.
Mehlis was alongside Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Yoweri Museveni of generation of African leaders who came to power in the late eighties and early nineties and saw them then U.S. President Bill Clinton leaders possible "for the renaissance of Africa." Mehlis and make his country gradually key U.S. ally in the fight against Islamic extremism in the Horn of Africa.
States saw Mehlis especially bloody border war with neighboring Eritrea between 1998 and 2000 and two military interventions in Somalia, the first at the end of 2006 until early 2009, and the second since the end of 2011 against Islamist rebels from "Mujahideen Youth Movement."
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