Abdul Majid Hussein

Abdul Majid Hussein (; ; ) born 1944 He was a senior government economist. In 1997, Abdulmajid was appointed Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia, and he served as Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia from 1997 to 2001. In 2001, he was appointed as the Ethiopian ambassador to the UN, and served as the Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the United Nations till his death. In the 1960s he attended highschool in Harar city, and was schoolmates with former Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia president Kemal Bedri. In 1992, he was a senior government economist, and worked towards opening the Ethiopian economy to the free market. By 1998, he had served in the government for 7 years, and was serving as Minister of Telecommunications and Transport of Ethiopia. In 2001, he was appointed as the Ethiopian ambassador to the UN, a job he had refused in 1998. The college was established in 2004. It is one of the largest post-secondary educational and skills training centres for teachers in the region. Since the beginning of establishment of the college 28 batches have graduated.