Aserate Kassa information

Aserate Kassa
Leul Ras
Born	30 April 1922
Died	23 November 1974(1974-11-23) (aged 52) Akaki Prison, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Spouse	Le'ult Zuriashwork Gebregziabher
Issue	Asfa-Wossen Asserate Mulugeta Asrate
Dynasty	Solomonic dynasty (Selale branch)
Father	Kassa Haile Darge
Mother	Tsigemariam Beshah
President of the Crown Council
In office 29 July 1971 – 12 September 1974
Monarch	Haile Selassie I
Succeeded by	office abolished
Viceroy of Eritrea
In office 3 July 1964 – 4 December 1970
Monarch	Haile Selassie I
Prime Minister	Aklilu Habtewold
Preceded by	Abiye Abebe
Succeeded by	Debebe Hailemariam

Leul Ras Aserate Kassa GCVO (born Aserate-Medhin Kassa; 30 April 1922 – 23 November 1974) was a Viceroy of Eritrea and a member of the nobility of the Ethiopian Empire. He was the fourth son of Ras Kassa Haile Darge, and his wife Princess (Le'ilt) Tsige Mariam Beshah. Prince Aserate Kassa was educated at Monkton Combe School in the United Kingdom between 1937 and 1938.^[1] He was married to (Le'ilt) Zuriashwork Gebre-Igziabiher, daughter of Jantirar Gebre-Igziabiher, and granddaughter of Empress Menen Asfaw, consort of Emperor Haile Selassie I. Prince Aserate Kassa was the head of the Selalle sub-branch of the Shewan branch of Ethiopia's Imperial Solomonic dynasty.