Political Leaders, Statemen & Traditional Rulers

Leul-Ras Kassa Haylu (August 7, 1881 – November 16, 1956) was a 20th Century governor, military commander, imperial councillor, and author. His father, Dajazmach Haylu...

Sumaila Ndewura Jakpa (circa 1600-1666) was, according to the most accessible and widely-known version of Gonja (Ngbanya) oral traditions, the conquering founder of the Gonja...

Lej Iyasu Mikael (February 3, 1896-July (?) 1935), grandson of Emperor Menilek II [reigned 1889-1913], was the nominal ruler of Ethiopia from about 1909, when...

Hayla Malakot Sahla Selassie (circa 1825-October 1855) was king of Shawa and the surrounding regions from 1847-55. He was succeeded by his son, who later...

Muhammad Hanfari (18?-circa 1902) was the dominant leader of the southern Afar (Danakil), a nomadic people inhabiting the Afar (Danakil) Desert of northeast Ethiopia, from...

Emperor Haile Selassie (July 23, 1892-August 27,1975), born Tafari Makonnen, held power for some 50 years and ruled as emperor from 1930-74. During the Italian...

George Alfred Grant (August 15, 1878 – October 30, 1956), one of the prosperous merchants of his day, was the first president of the United...

Julius Gulama (1893-March 8, 1951) was a paramount chief of Kaiyimba in Moyamba district who played a prominent part in developing education and political awareness...

Gaki Sherocho (1865-1919) or Chinito, was the last King of Kaffa, in what is now southwest Ethiopia, ruling from 1890-1897. He was the 19th ruler of...

Ngqika (Gaika) (circa 1776-1829) was the paramount chief of the Rarabe Xhosa during a period of power struggle. Ngqika came to the chieftainship of the...