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 | Addisge, Ethiopian Empire | 16 February 1890
Died | 27 February 1963 Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire | (aged 73)
Political party | Independent |
Relatives | Endelkachew Mekonnen (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]