Ketama Kebede

Ketama Kebede Mekonen (4 June 1801 - 13 October 1874) was a Lijoch noble and member of the Imperial Court of the Lijoch Empire. Across a thirty year career as the Emperor's Chief Adviser, Ketama became well known for his advocacy for an expansionist policy in international affairs and modernisation of the Lijoch economy and society at large. During the early reign of Menelik IV, he was the most prominent of a group of royal officials who were responsible for ensuring the Emperor, only seventeen years old upon ascension, was able to rule effectively and without challenge.
Category:Lijoch people