Mekonnen Endelkachew | |
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| Prime Minister of Ethiopia | |
| In office 29 January 1943 – 1 November 1957 | |
| Monarch | Haile Selassie I |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Abebe Aregai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 February 1890 Addisge, Ethiopian Empire |
| Died | 27 February 1963 (aged 73) Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire |
| Political party | Independent |
| Relatives | Endelkachew Makonnen (son) |
Ras Betwoded Mekonnen Endelkachew (16 February 1890 – 27 February 1963)[1] was an Ethiopian aristocrat and Prime Minister under Emperor Haile Selassie. Mekonnen was born in Addisge, the nephew of the noted Shewan general and politician Ras Betwoded Tessema Nadew, who introduced him to Emperor Menelik II. He was a member of the alpha class of the Menelik II School in Addis Ababa when it opened in 1908.[2]
He was a published author, having written a novel, Yayne Abäba, and a booklet on the Second Italo-Abyssinian War and Fascist atrocities.[3]
- ^ "Makonnen Endelkachew", in Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia, David H. Shinn and Thomas P. Ofcansky, eds. (Scarecrow Press, 2004) pp265-266
- ^ Bahru Zewde, Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), p. 78
- ^ Spencer, Ethiopia at Bay: A personal account of the Haile Selassie years (Algonac: Reference Publications, 1984), p. 161