The (LGM) or ( am, ገብረ ማርያም ትምህርት ቤት) is a French international school in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. It was established in 1947 and ine the same year had integrated the

Mission laïque française Mission (from Latin ''missio'' "the act of sending out") may refer to: Organised activities Religion *Christian mission, an organized effort to spread Christianity * Mission (LDS Church), an administrative area of The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

. It covers (preschool) through , the final year of (senior high school). It includes multilingual education in French, English and Amharic from preschool for all students. , the school has about 1,800 students, ranging from 3 to 18 years. The French government spends around €4 million every year on LGM, which comes out to about €2,500 per student.()

Namesake

The school's name commemorates

Dedjazmatch Until the end of the Ethiopian monarchy in 1974, there were two categories of nobility in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Mesafint ( gez, መሳፍንት , modern , singular መስፍን , modern , "prince"), the hereditary nobility, formed the upper ...

Guebre Mariam Gari (or, without his military title: Guebre Mariam Gari), who was an anti-fascist resistance fighter during the

Second Italo-Abyssinian War The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression which was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethiopia it is often referred to simply as the Itali ...

in 1935, when Italy invade

Abyssinia The Ethiopian Empire (), also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or just simply known as Ethiopia (; Amharic and Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ , , Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: ''Itiyoophiyaa''), was an empire that historica ...

. His name, Guebre Mariam, literally means “servant of Mary”. The hyphen in the school's name is due to a French punctuation convention. (See French orthography#Hyphens)

Alumni

Helen Pankhurst Helen Pankhurst (born 1964) is a Feminism in United Kingdom, British women's rights activist, scholar and writer. She is currently CARE (relief agency), CARE International's senior advisor working in the UK and Ethiopia. She is the great- ...

Liya Kebede Liya Kebede ( am, ሊያ ከበደ; born 1 March 1978) is an Ethiopian-born model, maternal health advocate, clothing designer, and actress. She has appeared on the cover of ''Vogue'' three times. Kebede has served as the WHO's Ambassador for M ...

* Ethiopian Records * Amde Akalework. *

Sahle-Work Zewde Sahle-Work Zewde (, born 21 February 1950) is an Ethiopian politician and diplomat who is the president of Ethiopia since 2018, being the first woman to hold the office. She was elected as president unanimously by members of the Federal Parlia ...

Chef Yohanis
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Betty G Bruktawit Getahun ( amh, ብሩክታዊት ጌታሁን), better known by her stage name Betty G, is an Ethiopian singer and songwriter. She initiated her career with collaborating with various artists, most notably, hip hop musician, like Nh ...

. The LGM has a website dedicated to its alumni, former LGM students
Alumni website link

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International schools in Ethiopia Schools in Addis Ababa Trilingual schools Cambridge schools in Ethiopia Educational institutions established in 1947 1947 establishments in Ethiopia AEFE contracted schools Mission laïque française {{Ethiopia-school-stub

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