Ethiopian president biography pdf

To learn more, view our Privacy Policy. To browse Academia. Sophia Thubauville Negasso Gidada died in Frankfurt, the city he used to call his second home, on 27 April He lived in Frankfurt for seventeen years, earning a PhD in historical ethnology and today is still the only student of Goethe University who managed to become a statesman, in his case the first president of his home country, Ethiopia, after the fall of the socialist regime von Lucius In this obituary, I will trace the unusual course of his life: son of a priest, history student, asylum in Germany where he earned a doctorate in ethnology and became a central figure in the Oromo movement , return to Ethiopia, election as the country's first president, resignation from the presidency and work as an opposition figure.

These stations in life, which Negasso traversed during the whole of his seventy-five years, initially appear full of contradictions. I therefore use the first names of persons in the following, as is usual in Ethiopia. One hundred years ago, from to the young prince Lij Iyasu assumed power as the uncrowned emperor of Ethiopia. However, he was overthrown by an alliance of oligarchs led by the future emperor Hayle Sillase.

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The short reign of Iyasu, disrupted by fierce inner competitions in the international context of World War I, has remained obscure, even to specialized researchers. Yet, over the past two decades, new sources have been uncovered, allowing for new questions and searching for new answers. This book assembles diverse perspectives on Lij Iyasu's politics and life, his 'pluralistic' and controversial religious inclinations, and his international relations.

By Hailemariam Shemelis. Addis Ababa: Mahibere Qidusan, A. Abebe Asfaw.