Haile Giyorgis Woldemikael
"Bitwoded" Haile Giyorgis Wolde Mikael was a senior Ethiopia government official who, holding the office of "Negadras" or chief of merchants, by 1906 supervised foreign businesses and diplomatic missions in the capital, Addis Ababa, as well as the responsibility of granting concessions and contracts to foreign enterprises, making the post the "de facto" Mayor of Addis Ababa, as well as its Chief of police, the Minister of Commerce and Minister of Foreign Affairs. These functions were separated by the formation of the first cabinet in 1907, with Haile Giyorgis appointed to those posts "de jure". He was  minister of finance from 1915 to 1917. With Haile Giyorgis' removal from office by then-Regent "Ras" Tafari Makonnen in 1917, the post of "Negadras" of Addis Ababa lost most of its powers to the office of "Kantiba", the head of the municipal government, which had been created in 1910, with other towns later following suit.