12 January 1945(1945-01-12) (aged 32–33) Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Military service
Allegiance
Ethiopian Empire
Years of service
1935–1941
Unit
Arbegnoch
Battles/wars
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Belay Zeleke (Amharic: በላይ ዘለቀ, horse name Abba Koster; 1912 – 12 January 1945) was an Amhara-Ethiopian military commander who led the Arbegnoch resistance movement in Gojjam against the Fascist Italians during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941. He emerged as a brigand leader after his five-year struggle against Italian rule in Ethiopia.[1][2]
^Jembere, Aberra (2003). "Bälay Zälläqä". In Uhlig, Siegbert (ed.). Encyclopaedia Aethiopica. Vol. 1. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 456.
BelayZeleke (Amharic: በላይ ዘለቀ, horse name Abba Koster; 1912 – 12 January 1945) was an Amhara-Ethiopian military commander who led the Arbegnoch resistance...
Zeleke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: BelayZeleke (1912–1945), Ethiopian leader of the patriots in Gojjam and Wällo, who participated...
Gojjam Province, Ethiopia. He attended primary and secondary school at BelayZeleke school. He then joined the Ethiopian National Defense Force where he...
Begemder due to increased guerrilla attacks and in Gojjam forces under BelayZeleke successfully raided colonial garrisons. Major Liverani's column was destroyed...
Bahir Dar Airport (IATA: BJR, ICAO: HABD), also known as Dejazmach BelayZeleke Airport, is a public airport serving Bahir Dar, the capital city of the...
In 1935 Italy invaded Ethiopia. Like the many patriotic Ethiopians, BelayZeleke felt the need to defend his country and led an insurgency movement against...
southern Gojjam, under the leadership of the degiac Mengesha Gembere and BelayZeleke. Barker 1968, pp. 281, 300. Antonicelli, Franco (1961) Trent'anni di...
Father of the Soul Bashah Aboye Dejazmach Abba Däffar Father of audacity BelayZeleke Dejazmach Abba Koster Father of Sharpshooter Darge Sahle Selassie Ras...
di Addis Abeba is an Italian governmental international school along BelayZeleke Street in Arada, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Owned by the Italian government...
reduction of the remaining Italian garrisons. Wingate arranged for Lij BelayZeleke to block a route of retreat from Debre Marqos over the Blue Nile, assisted...
After the capture of BelayZeleke, Seifu was implicated and ordered to remain under house arrest indefinitely while BelayZeleke, his brother and other...
occupation. Soma desert is another historic place where the patriot Belayzeleke organized his force and lived to defeat the invader Italian during the...
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