Seifu Mikael

rdf:langString Seifu Mikael

rdf:langString Seifu Mikael

rdf:langString ልጅ ሰይፉ ሚካኤል

rdf:langString Seifu Mikael

rdf:langString ልጅ ሰይፉ ሚካኤል

rdf:langString Ankober, Shewa Province, Ethiopian Empire

rdf:langString Paris-Sorbonne University

rdf:langString Eskinder Seifu

rdf:langString Hailu Seifu

rdf:langString Kifle Seifu

rdf:langString Sirak Seifu

rdf:langString Ato Mikael Birru

rdf:langString Woizero Shewaferash Mekuria

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rdf:langString Diplomat, governor, patriot, businessman, writer

rdf:langString Administrator of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

rdf:langString Consul General of Ethiopia to Eritrea

rdf:langString Ethiopian Minister to France & Germany

rdf:langString Governor of Chercher

rdf:langString Zewde Haile Sarah C Martin Aster Hailu

rdf:langString Lij Seifu Mikael (Amharic: ልጅ ሰይፉ ሚካኤል, Säyfu Mikāēl, also Sayfu Mikael, Seifu Michael) was an Ethiopian noble, member of the Solomonic dynasty, belonging to the aristocratic Amhara family from Ankober Shewa. He was the grandson of Dejazmatch Mekuria Tesfaye of Menz, a prominent general and a cousin of Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia. A public figure, educated in Paris at Sorbonne; one of the first few nobles who started paying salaries to their household servants advocating freedom of slaves and an avid supporter of Ras Tafari in his bid to become an emperor of Ethiopia.He served as Ethiopia's minister to France and Germany while he lived in Europe in the 1910s, Ethiopia's Consul General to Eritrea from 1921 to 1925 and Governor of several districts till the eve of the fascist invasion of Ethiopia. He was also one of the Ethiopian POWs during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War at Asinara. Pursuant to his written accounts, he in the beginning liked and admired Ras Tafari, the future emperor Haile Selassie, during his regency for his zeal and progressive moves but later grew to scold his rule after Ras Tafari became emperor citing partisanship, disdain towards the old officials of Menelik II and Empress Zauditu, contempt to criticisms and perceived isolation of early educated Ethiopians whom he wasn't responsible for their education; as a result, Seifu as one of the earliest educated Ethiopians who didn't owe his education to Ras Tafari, believed, the roles he played in shaping modern Ethiopian institutions, especially the foreign affairs bureau he helped organize as well as his diplomatic contributions and struggles before and during the Italo-Ethiopian war and the fascists occupation have been undermined. Seifu expressed these opinions through his surviving poems he wrote during his imprisonment by the fascists at Asinara Island and later in his life as administrator of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. In one of his diaries, he expressed his grief over the knowledge of how Lij Iyasu was treated during his years of captivation and his subsequent elimination after Emperor Haile Selassie's decision to leave the country for exile in Europe. He blamed some of the Emperor's backward advisers with the exception of Ras Kassa whom, he wrote, was too religious to decide on the life of Lij Eyasu.

rdf:langString * 5 siblings

rdf:langString * Ato Mekonnen Mikael * Lij Amdewerk Mikael * Ato HaileMariam Mikael * Woizero Atsede Mikael * Woizero Ayelech Gizaw