Abiye Abebe
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Abiye Abebe አብይ አበበ | |
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Haile Selassie I | |
| Preceded by | Bitwoded Asfaha Woldemikael as Chief Executive |
| Succeeded by | Le'ul Ras Asrate Kassa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1917 Akaki Central Prison, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Spouse(s) | Princess Tsehai Haile-Selassie Woizero Amarech Nasibu |
| Parent | Abebe Atnaf Seggad (father) |
Biography
Son of
According to John Spencer, when Prime Minister
General Abiye was married three times. At Addis Ababa, on 26 April 1942, he married Princess Tsehai of Ethiopia who died in childbirth a year later. After this marriage, Lt. General Abiye Abebe was accorded the dignities and protocol rank of the Emperor's son-in-law, even after he remarried. In 1946, married Woizero Amarech Nasibu, daughter of Nasibu Zeamanuel, and then in 1970 to Woizero Tsige Aynalem, his widow, with whom he had three chlildren, Phebe, Berkinesh, and Abiye.[8]
Career history
- Brigadier-General (24 April 1942)
- Governor-General of Wollega province (1942–1943)[2]
- Minister for War 1949–1955; Acting (1943–1947)
- Minister of Justice (1958–1961)[2]
- Minister of Interior (1961–1964)[2]
- Ambassador to France (1955–1958)[2]
- Viceroy of Eritrea (1959–1964)
- President of the Ethiopian Senate (1964–1974)[2]
- Minister for Defence and Chief of Staff (28 February 1974 – 22 July 1974)
Honours
National
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Trinity[8]
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Menelik II[8]
Military Medal of Merit of the Order of St George[8]
Haile Selassie I Gold Medal[8]
Patriot Medal & three torches (1944)[8]
Refugee Medal (1944)[8]
Jubilee Medal (1955)[8]
Jubilee Medal (1966)[8]
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Foreign
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (Kingdom of The Netherlands, 13 November 1953)[9]
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (Kingdom of Norway, January 1956)[8]
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Legion of Honour (French Republic)[8]
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (Kingdom of Jordan)[8]
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sahametrei (Kingdom of Cambodia, 4 January 1968)[8]
Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom, 1965)[8]- British Star (United Kingdom, 1939–1945)[8]
Africa Star (United Kingdom, 1940–1943)[8]
British War Medal (United Kingdom, 1939–1945)[8]- National Order of Merit (France)[8]
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References
- ^ In 1959 the legislatively-elected post of Chief Executive was replaced by the imperially-appointed office of Chief Administrator. On 15 November 1962 Eritrea became an ordinary province of Ethiopia, and the office was in turn replaced with that of Governor-General.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8108-7457-2.
- ISBN 9780810865662.
- ^ Bahru Zewde, A History of Modern Ethiopia, second edition (London: James Currey, 2003), p. 205
- ^ Andargachew Tiruneh, The Ethiopian revolution, 1974-1987 (Cambridge: University Press, 1993), p. 68
- ^ Spencer, Ethiopia at Bay: A personal account of the Haile Selassie years (Algonac: Reference Publications, 1984), p. 337
- ^ Marina and David Ottaway, Ethiopia: Empire in Revolution (New York: Africana, 1978), p. 61
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Chu, Jane (July 2, 2022). "What We Carry: The Medals of Abiye Abebe". Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Nationaal Archief, inventory 2.02.32, dossier 373, registry number 854