In this Ethiopian name, the name Endelkachew is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Makonnen.
Mekonnen Endelkachew
Prime Minister of Ethiopia
In office 29 January 1943 – 1 November 1957
Monarch
Haile Selassie I
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Abebe Aregai
Personal details
Born
(1890-02-16)16 February 1890 Addisge, Ethiopian Empire
Died
27 February 1963(1963-02-27) (aged 73) Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
Political party
Independent
Relatives
Endelkachew Mekonnen (son)
Ras BetwodedMekonnen Endelkachew (16 February 1890 – 27 February 1963)[1] was an Ethiopian aristocrat and Prime Minister under Emperor Haile Selassie. Mekonnen was born in Addisge, the nephew of the noted Shewan general and politician Ras Betwoded Tessema Nadew, who introduced him to Emperor Menilek II. He was a member of the alpha class of the Menelik II School in Addis Ababa when it opened in 1908.[2]
He was a published author, having written a novel, Yayne Abäba, and a booklet on the Second Italo-Abyssinian War and Fascist atrocities.[3]
^"Makonnen Endelkachew", in Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia, David H. Shinn and Thomas P. Ofcansky, eds. (Scarecrow Press, 2004) pp265-266
^Bahru Zewde, Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), p. 78
^Spencer, Ethiopia at Bay: A personal account of the Haile Selassie years (Algonac: Reference Publications, 1984), p. 161
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