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Also Known As Girma Wolde-Giyorgis
Born December 1924 or December 1925 • Addis Ababa • Ethiopia
Died December 15, 2018 (aged 94) • Addis Ababa • Ethiopia
Title / Office president (2001-2013), Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed
Abiy Ahmed
prime minister of Ethiopia
Menilek II
emperor of Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie I
emperor of Ethiopia
Tedros Adhanom
Tedros Adhanom
Ethiopian biologist and public health official
Mengistu Haile Mariam
president of Ethiopia
Yohannes IV
emperor of Ethiopia
Tewodros II
emperor of Ethiopia
Ewostatewos
Ethiopian saint
Mikael Sehul
regent of Ethiopia
Amda Seyon I
king of Ethiopia
castle of Fasilides
Fasilides
emperor of Ethiopia
Antoine-Thomson d’Abbadie
French geographer
Pietro Badoglio.
Pietro Badoglio
Italian general and statesman
Aḥmad Grāñ
Aḥmad Grāñ
Somalian Muslim leader
Saint Frumentius
Ethiopian bishop
Charles-Jacques Poncet
French pharmacologist
Pedro Páez
Spanish priest
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu
Ethiopian American painter and printmaker
Aïda Muluneh
Ethiopian photographer, educator, and entrepreneur
Meseret Defar
Meseret Defar
Ethiopian athlete