Wolde Giyorgis Wolde Yohannes (Ge'ez: ወልደ ጊዮርጊስ ወልደ ዮሐንስ; 1901 – 29 July 1976) was an important government Minister during the reign of Haile Selassie. Between 1941 and his downfall in 1955, he came to dominate Ethiopian politics for a decade and a half, not only serving as Tsehafi Taezaz or Minister of the Pen (1941–1955), but at times Minister of the Interior (1943–1949), and Minister of Justice (1949–1955).
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Tekle Haymanot and Tekle Giyorgis bestowed Wolde-Sillasie the titles of both Ras and Bitwoded of the Abyssinian empire in 1790. Wolde Selassie made his seat...
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youngest son of Yohannes II and Woizoro Sancheviyer, and the brother of Tekle Haymanot II. According to Sven Rubenson, who described Tekle Giyorgis as the last...
(the future Emperor Yohannes IV). Tekle Giyorgis II married the sister of the latter, Dinqinesh Mercha. Despite that Tekle Giyorgis ruled Ethiopia for...
conflict with the powerful Tsehafi Taezaz ("Minister of the Pen") WoldeGiyorgisWoldeYohannes, who had him appointed to the ceremonial President of the Chamber...
Burlington—who worked with two leading figures of the restored monarchy, WoldeGiyorgisWoldeYohannes and Aklilu Habte-Wold. After each session the two Ethiopian...
of Ethiopia from August 1770 to December 1770. His name at birth was WoldeGiyorgis; he was the son of a noble woman who had lost her fortune and made her...
Dullu Menz, Ras Hailu Yosedeq of Gojjam, Sabagadis Woldu of Tigre, Ras Wolde Selassie of Tigre, Wube Haile Mariam of Simien, and provincial king Sahle...
protesters, and an equestrian monument depicting the Emperor's father, Makonnen Wolde Mikael, in Harar was removed. Haile Selassie was known as a child as Lij...
reigns of Salomon III and Tekle Giyorgis II, as well as the repeated reigns of Tekle Giyorgis I, Demetros and Yohannes III after their first reign. Rey...
built by an architect named Walda Giyorgis who was described as "able, intelligent, and of good renown." Yohannes's successor, Iyasu I (1682-1706), seems...
1889, Emperor Yohannes IV was killed in a war with the Mahdist State during the Battle of Gallabat (Metemma). With his dying breath, Yohannes declared his...
claim to the throne. The two Emperors, Tekle Haymanot and Tekle Giyorgis, bestowed Wolde Selassie the titles of both Ras and Bitwoded of the Abyssinian...
Ethiopian empire next to the emperor himself, Tsehafe Ta'ezaz WoldeGiyorgisWoldeYohannes later suffered the same fate, demoted from his post to becoming...
Wand Bewossen. Wolde Gabriel then went to the monastery at Mahdere Maryam while Haile marched on Gondar, where he summoned Tekle Giyorgis to resume the...
and was later remarried to Ras Wolde Kiros. She retained her title of Empress, and as her brother Emperor Yohannes was a widower throughout his reign...
military campaigns. The very first challenge to Iyoas' rule, when Nanna Giyorgis rebelled in Damot out of envy for Waragna's increased influence in the...
the Mekwanint of the same rank. For example, Ras Mengesha Yohannes, son of Emperor Yohannes IV and thus a member of the Mesafint, would have outranked...
unsuccessfully seeking support from Ras WoldeGiyorgis and other major nobles of northern Ethiopia. However, Ras WoldeGiyorgis used these overtures to extract...
appointees due to "the preponderance of the different provinces", Rasses Wolde Selassie of Tigray and Gugsa of Yejju, and chief of the Oromo, brought this...
Emperor Sahle Dengel in the place of the hapless Yohannes III who had acknowledged Kassa immediately. Yohannes III was treated well by Kassa who seems to have...
in March of the next year, Tekle Giyorgis returned to Gondar, supported by Ras Wolde Selassie, and while Tekle Giyorgis made a point of not entering the...
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