Zewde Gebre-Sellassie

Dejazmatch Zewde Gebre-Sellassie (12 Oktoba 1926 - 15 Disamba 2008) fitaccen mutum ne, masanin tarihi, kuma tsohon mataimakin Firayim Minista na Habasha.  An haife shi ne a ƙauyen Galdu da ke yankin Makka, a arewa maso yammacin Addis Ababa inda mahaifinsa ya koma mataki na uku.

 Rayuwar farko 
Mahaifin Zewde shi ne Dejazmatch Gebre Selassie Baria Gabr (gwamnan Adwa) kuma mahaifiyarsa Ita ce Leult Wolete Israel Seyoum. 'Yar'uwarsa Leult Ijigayehou Asfa Wossen, kakansa Ras Seyum Mengesha, matarsa kuwa ita ce Woizero Alem Tsehai Araya. Ya yi karatun sa na farko a Addis Ababa a karkashin wani malami, sannan ya tafi makaranta a birnin Kudus da Alkahira inda mahaifiyarsa ta zauna a lokacin mulkin Fascist na Habasha. Bayan samun 'yanci, ya shiga makarantar sakandare ta Haile Selassie na farko a Addis Ababa sannan ya shiga Jami'ar Exeter, Ingila, inda ya karanci adabin Ingilishi. Wannan ya biyo bayan horon shari'a a Kwalejin St. Anthony's College, Oxford inda ya zama babban memba na kwalejin daga shekarun 1963 zuwa 1971,  a ƙarshen abin da aka kira shi Bar, Lincoln's Inn, London. Bayan wani lokaci mai tsawo, inda ya rike muƙamai daban-daban a ƙasar Habasha, ya koma Oxford inda ya samu digirin digirgir a fannin tarihi, siyasa da tattalin arziki.

 Sana'a 
Bayan dawowarsa gida a farkon shekarun 1950, ya rike muƙamai daban-daban ciki har da na mataimakin firaminista.

A karkashin gwamnatin daular ya rike muƙamai kamar haka: 

 Tattalin Arziki, daga baya Shugaban Yaɗa Labarai, Sashen Watsa Labarai da Gudanarwa, a Ma'aikatar Harkokin ƙasashen Waje, 1951-53
 Darakta-Janar na Harkokin Maritime, 1953-55
 Mataimakin Ministan, Ma'aikatar Ayyuka, Sufuri da Jiragen Sama, 1955-57
 Magajin gari kuma Gwamnan Addis Ababa, 1957–59
 Ambasada a Somaliya, 1959–60
 Ministan Shari’a, 1961–63
 Wakilin Dindindin a Majalisar Ɗinkin Duniya, 1972–74
 Ministan Harkokin Cikin Gida, Maris-Mayu 1974
 Ministan Harkokin ƙasashen Waje, Mayu-Nuwamba 1974

A cikin watan Nuwamba 1974, taƙaitaccen hukuncin kisa da Majalisar Gudanarwar Soja ta ( Dergi ) ta yi wa manyan jami'an gwamnatin da ta gabata ta tilasta Zewde yin gudun hijira. Daga karshe ya zama mataimakin shugaban Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da Tattalin Arziki da Zamantakewa, kuma daga baya ya yi aiki na shekaru da yawa a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga sakatariyar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. A duk tsawon hidimarsa, ya sami karramawa na kasa daga akalla kasashe bakwai masu iko, ciki har da Tarayyar Jamus. Tare da wasu fitattun ‘yan Habasha, ya yi yunkurin shiga tsakanin Habasha da Eritriya a shekarar 1998.

 Legacy 
Masana tarihin Afirka sukan kwatanta mutuwarsa a matsayin mai ilimi da ɗakin karatu da tashin hankali ya cinye. Abin da ya faru ke nan malamin Habasha, Dokta Dejazmatch Zewde Gebre-Sellassie, ya mutu sakamakon rashin lafiya a Addis Ababa a ranar 15 ga watan Disamba 2008. Ya haɗa al'adar baka da zurfin ilimin yamma, yana wadatar da su ga duk wani masanin da ya nemi taimakonsa. Shahararsa a tsakanin mutane daga kowane fanni na rayuwa ta yi yawa. Jana'izar sa, wanda ya gudana a makabartar 'yan kishin ƙasa na cocin Trinity Cathedral, ya samu halartar ɗimbin jama'a. Lauyan Ato Tasoma Gebre Mariam, wanda ya gabatar da wannan yabo, ya yaba masa bisa irin gudunmawar da ya bayar ga kundin dokokin ƙasar Habasha daban-daban. An gudanar da bikin baje kolin ayyuka da hotuna na Zewde na tsawon mako guda, tare da jawabai na malamai da 'yan uwa, a babban harabar jami'ar Addis Ababa.

 Wallafe-wallafe 

  Gabre-Sellassie, Zewde (1975). Yohannes IV of Ethiopia: A Political Biography. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. ISBN 1-56902-042-6.
 The Conflict of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Causes and Solutions (Amharic)
  Gebre-Sellassie, Zewde (2006). The blue Nile and its basins : an issue of international concern. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Forum for Social Studies.
  Gabre-Sellassie, Zewde (1971). The process of re-unification of the Ethiopian Empire, 1868-1889. University of Oxford.

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