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Zera Yacob Amha Selassie

1953 - Today

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Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zera Yacob Amha Selassie has received more than 836,557 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Zera Yacob Amha Selassie is the 16,543rd most popular politician (down from 12,595th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 31st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zera Yacob Amha Selassie ranks 16,543 out of 19,576. Before him are Howard Baker, Andriy Sadovyi, Kim Eun-sook, Guillermo Fariñas, Ricardo J. Alfaro, and Eadberht III Præn. After him are Denzil Douglas, Ahmed Kathrada, Man Mohan Adhikari, Augusto Barcía Trelles, Mike Huckabee, and Norovyn Altankhuyag.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Zera Yacob Amha Selassie ranks 477. Before him are Sayan Sanya, Pavol Biroš, Roberta Williams, Marc Berdoll, Judith Curry, and Ronald Worm. After him are Denzil Douglas, Kevin Nealon, Néjib Ghommidh, Ljupčo Jordanovski, Tracy Scoggins, and Krystyna Bochenek.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Zera Yacob Amha Selassie ranks 52 out of 105. Before him are Abdiqasim Salad (1941), Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (1948), Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1937), Sahle Dengel (1778), Derartu Tulu (1972), and Gelawdewos (1522). After him are Tirunesh Dibaba (1985), Tekle Giyorgis II (1836), Ruth Negga (1982), Sifan Hassan (1993), Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (1980), and Bogaletch Gebre (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Zera Yacob Amha Selassie ranks 31. Before him are Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), Susenyos I (1572), Tafari Benti (1921), Abdiqasim Salad (1941), Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1937), and Sahle Dengel (1778). After him are Tekle Giyorgis II (1836).

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