{{Short description|Ethiopian soil scientist and founding president of Mekelle University}} {{patronymic name|Mitiku|Haile|his}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mitiku Haile | image = Mitiku Haile 2009.jpg | caption = | order = | title = Founding president of Mekelle University | term_start = 2000 | term_end = 2010 | predecessor = | successor = Joachim Herzig | birth_date = 1951 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Ghent University | profession = Professor of Soil Science | spouse = | children = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Mitiku Haile''' (born 1951) is an Ethiopian researcher who was Professor of Soil Science at Mekelle University, undertaking research on sustainable land management, restoration of degraded lands and integrated soil fertility management.
==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 Alamaya, now Haramaya University<ref name="pedon">[https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/32289892/pedon-23-physical-land-resources-universiteit-gent Pedon 23 - Physical Land Resources - Universiteit Gent]</ref> * 1990: staff member of the Arid Zone Agricultural College (established at the University of Asmara, and later on Agarfa in southern Ethiopia) * 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. [[File:Mitiku Haile meeting with PVC.jpg|thumb|Mitiku Haile (left) with Paul Van Cauwenberge, rector of Ghent University in 2009]] * 2000: president of Mekelle University that was established by the Government of Ethiopia (Council of Ministers, Regulations No. 61/1999 of Article 3) as an autonomous higher education institution<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mu.edu.et/index.php/facts|title=General Information As of January 1, 2018|last=|first=|date=|website=Mekelle University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625133826/http://www.mu.edu.et/index.php/facts|archive-date=25 June 2021|access-date=6 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=History of the office | url=http://www.mu.edu.et/index.php/about-mu1/president-s-office/history-of-the-office | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709180324/http://www.mu.edu.et/index.php/about-mu1/president-s-office/history-of-the-office | access-date=2025-07-12 | archive-date=2014-07-09}}</ref> * 2011: Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative to UNESCO, Ethiopian Embassy in Paris<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.migration4development.org/sites/default/files/ddd-4-programme-paris-05-dec-2015-draft.pdf | title=Climate Change, Migration, and Development: How to Maximise the Impact of African Diaspora Organisations | access-date=2020-02-28 | archive-date=2020-02-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228145554/http://www.migration4development.org/sites/default/files/ddd-4-programme-paris-05-dec-2015-draft.pdf | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="pedon"/> * 2015: Reinstated as Full Professor at the Department of Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection of Mekelle University
== Trivia == The ''Mitiku Hall'' at Mekelle University is named after him.
== External links == * Mitiku Haile, Karl Herweg, Brigitta Stillhardt (2006): Sustainable Land Management – A New Approach to Soil and Water Conservation in Ethiopia<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://boris.unibe.ch/19217/1/e308_slm_teachingbook_complete.pdf | author1=Mitiku Haile | author2=Karl Herweg | author3=Brigitta Stillhardt | year=2006 | title=Sustainable Land Management – A New Approach to Soil and Water Conservation in Ethiopia}}</ref> * Publication list on ResearchGate<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mitiku_Haile Publication list on ResearchGate]</ref> * History of Professor Mitiku's academic cooperation with Belgium<ref>[https://alum.kuleuven.be/eng/alumni-chapter-ethiopia/history-mu-ku-leuven-research History of Professor Mitiku’s academic cooperation with Belgium]</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitiku Haile}} Category:Ghent University alumni Category:Ethiopian scientists Category:Living people Category:1951 births Category:Soil scientists Category:20th-century earth scientists Category:21st-century scientists Category:People from Mekelle