Engineer hailu shawel biography

Ethiopian politician and civil engineer (–)

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Hailu, and not as Shawul.

Hailu Shawul (also spelled Shawel or Shawil; Ge'ez: ሃይሉ ሻዉል; – 6 October ) was an Ethiopian politician and civil engineer who was the leader of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) during the Ethiopian general election.

He was also the leader of All Ethiopian Unity Party from to He died on 6 October , while receiving treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.

Early life

Hailu was born in northern Shewa, Ethiopia. He attended elementary and high school in Addis Ababa at Minilik II School.

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At the age of 18 he moved to the United States to pursue higher education and enrolled at Wayne State University. He did both his bachelor's and master's degree in Civil Engineering and returned to Ethiopia in soon after his graduation.

He was married to Almaz Zewde