Abiye Abebe

Lij Abiye Abebe
Born	1918
Died	23 November 1974 (aged 55-56) Addis Ababa
Spouse	Princess Tsehai Amarech Nasibu
Father	Abebe Atnaf Seggad
Religion	Orthodox Christianity

Lieutenant-General Abiye Abebe, KBE, (1918 – 23 November 1974) was an Ethiopian politician and son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie.

Son of Abebe Atnaf Seggad, Abye was born 1918 in Addis Ababa as a . He attended the Holeta Military Academy. In the 1940s and 1950s he was Minister of Defence, and later served as Minister of Justice and Minister of the Interior. He chaired the High National Security Commission during the Ethiopian Revolution until his arrest by the Derg 16 July 1974. Lt. General Abiye was serving as Chief of the General Staff when he was arrested.

According to John Spencer, when Prime Minister Aklilu Habte-Wold sought to resign his post in 1973, he suggested to the Emperor that he be replaced by General Abiye. Other sources indicate that Aklilu Habte-Wold's rival Prince Asrate Kassa was the person who put General Abiye forward as a fellow aristocrat. However Abiye consented to becoming Prime Minister only if his nomination, and those of his cabinet, were approved by the Ethiopian parliament, a condition Emperor Haile Selassie found unacceptable. As a result, Haile Selassie decided to appoint Endelkachew Makonnen Prime Minister instead. Abiye was one of 60 former government officials executed the night of 22–23 November at Akaki Central Prison by the Derg.

General Abiye was married three times. At Addis Ababa, on 26 April 1942, he married Princess Tsehai of Ethiopia who died in childbirth a year later. Subsequent to this marriage Lt. General Abiye Abebe wa accorded the dignities and protocol rank of the Emperor's son-in-law, even after he remarried. In 1946, married Amarech Nasibu, and then later to Woizero Tsige, his widow.

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