Mitiku Haile

Career

• 1985: MSc at Ghent University, Belgium
• 1987: PhD at Ghent University, Belgium, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. ir. C. Sys
• 1987: Assistant professor of Soil Science at Alemaya University
• 1990: staff member of the Arid Zone Agricultural College
• 1993: dean of the Arid Zone Agricultural College in Mekelle that started with 42 students in 3 degree programmes. Later on, with the establishment of Mekelle University College, he became its dean also.

• 2000: president of Mekelle University that was established by the Government of Ethiopia as an autonomous higher education institution
• 2011: Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative to UNESCO, Ethiopian Embassy in Paris
• 2015: Reinstated as Full Professor at the Department of Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection of Mekelle University

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