Honorific-Prefix: | H.E. |
Sophia Tesfamariam | |
Office: | Permanent Representative to the UN for Eritrea 25px |
Term Start: | 5 September 2019 |
Sophia Tesfamariam Yohannes is the Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations, having presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on September 5, 2019.[1] [2]
She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in management from Western International University in Phoenix, Arizona.[3]
Her grandfather was Tefazion Deres, leader of the Eritrean Indipenndence Party and brother of the national hero Zerai Deres.