Abiye Abebe

Abiye Abebe
Abiye Abebe
አብይ አበበ
	Abiye in 1967
Minister of Defence
	In office; 28 February 1974 – 22 July 1974
Prime Minister	Endelkachew Makonnen
Preceded by	Merid Mengesha
Succeeded by	Aman Andom
President of the Senate
	In office; 15 July 1964 – 28 February 1974
Monarch	Haile Selassie I
Preceded by	Le'ul Ras Asrate Kassa
Succeeded by	Legislature abolished
Governor-General of Eritrea; Chief Administrator (1960–1962); Chief Executive (1959–1960)
	In office; 20 May 1959 – 12 February 1964
Monarch	Haile Selassie I
Preceded by	Bitwoded Asfaha Woldemikael as Chief Executive
Succeeded by	Le'ul Ras Asrate Kassa
Personal details
Born	1917; Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
Died	23 November 1974 (aged 56–57); Akaki Central Prison, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Spouse(s)	Princess Tsehai Haile-Selassie; Woizero Amarech Nasibu
Parent	Liqa Mequas Abebe Atnaf Seggad (father);

Lij Abiye Abebe (Amharic: አብይ አበበ; born 1917 – 23 November 1974) was an Ethiopian politician and son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie.

^ In 1959 the legislatively-elected post of Chief Executive was replaced by the imperially-appointed office of Chief Administrator. On 15 November 1962 Eritrea became an ordinary province of Ethiopia, and the office was in turn replaced with that of Governor-General.
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