11 November 1977(1977-11-11) (aged 47) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Allegiance
Ethiopian Empire
Service/branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit
Fourth Division
This is an Ethiopian name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Atnafu.
Lieutenant Colonel Atnafu Abate (Ge'ez: አጥናፉ አባተ; 31 January 1931 – 12 November 1977)[1][2] was an Ethiopian military officer and a leading member of the Derg, the military junta which deposed Emperor Haile Selassie and ruled the country for several years.
^Yimam, Mohamed (2013). Wore Negari. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4836-9896-0.
^Yodfat, Aryeh Y. (1980). "The Soviet Union and the Horn of Africa". Northeast African Studies. 2 (2): 65–81. ISSN 0740-9133. JSTOR 43660042.
Lieutenant Colonel AtnafuAbate (Ge'ez: አጥናፉ አባተ; 31 January 1931 – 12 November 1977) was an Ethiopian military officer and a leading member of the Derg...
of a committee of low-ranking officers and enlisted soldiers led by AtnafuAbate, which came to be known as the Derg. Mengistu was originally one of the...
headquarters, and elected Major Mengistu Haile Mariam as its chairman and Major AtnafuAbate as vice-chairman. Their stated mission was to study and address the grievances...
Prime Minister Aklilu Habte-Wold but came under the control of Majors AtnafuAbate, Sisay Hapte, and Tafara Tekleab, who turned it into the group later...
committee elected Major Mengistu Haile Mariam as its chairman and Major AtnafuAbate as its vice-chairman. In July 1974, the Derg obtained key concessions...
although aid to Ethiopia from these counties ceased not long after. With AtnafuAbate, he managed to avoid the infamous Derg meeting of 3 February 1977, where...
committee elected Major Mengistu Haile Mariam as its chairman and Major AtnafuAbate as its vice-chairman. The Derg was initially supposed to study various...
100,000 of the Derg's political opponents. Benti's deputy chairman, AtnafuAbate, had not been present at the meeting and would remain part of the Derg...
Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe. Lieutenant Colonel AtnafuAbate, 46, Vice Chairman of Ethiopia's ruling military council, the Derg, was...
month, 12 or 16 members of the AFCC under the leadership of Colonel AtnafuAbate left that body and called for a meeting of representatives from all of...
Tafari Banti as a chairman of the Derg, while Mengistu Haile Mariam and AtnafuAbate were elected as vice-chairmen. 18 February – the Tigray People's Liberation...
Benti Second vice chairman Lt.-Col AtnafuAbate March 1975 Feb 1977 Tafari Benti Vice chairman Lt.-Col. AtnafuAbate Feb 1977 Nov 1977 Mengistu Haile Mariam...