Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Semere Russom (born 1943-07-27) began his professional life as a teacher. He traveled to the United States as a student at the University of Oklahoma, but terminated his studies in 1976 to serve in the Eritrean People's Liberation Front. After Eritrea's independence he served as Eritrean ambassador to the United States and Canada. Afterwards he continued his career in public service as Director of European Affairs in the Eritrea Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 2001.