Zera Yacob Amha Selassie

Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
  • ዘርዐ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ
Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia
Tenure17 February 1997 – present
PredecessorHaile Selassie
as Emperor of Ethiopia
Amha Selassie
as Emperor-in-exile of Ethiopia
Heir-PresumptivePrince Mikael, Duke of Harar
Born (1953-08-17) 17 August 1953 (age 70)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
SpouseNunu Getaneh (divorced)
IssuePrincess Lideta
DynastyHouse of Solomon
FatherAmha Selassie
MotherMedferiashwork Abebe
ReligionEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo

Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (/ˈzɪərə jæˈkb/; Geʽez: ዘርዐ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ; born 17 August 1953) is the grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie and son of Amha Selassie of the Ethiopian Empire. He has been head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia since 17 February 1997 as recognized by the Crown Council of Ethiopia.

He was designated as "acting crown prince" and heir presumptive in 1974 by the Emperor Haile Selassie I close to the end of his reign; however, the Empire was overthrown in the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution by the Derg. As a result, Yacob never became a ruling Emperor of Ethiopia. Ethiopia became a Federal Democratic Republic in 1991.


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