Zeleke
Zeleke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Belay Zeleke (1912–1945), Ethiopian leader of the patriots in Gojjam and Wällo, who participated in the resistance against the Italians during the occupation *Natnael Zeleke, Ethiopian footballer *Yared Zeleke, Ethiopian film director {{surname ...
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Belay Zeleke
Belay Zeleke (Amharic: በላይ ዘለቀ, horse name Abba Koster; 1912 – 12 January 1945) was an Ethiopian military commander who led the Arbegnoch resistance movement in Gojjam against the Fascist Italians during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941. He emerged as a brigand leader after his five-year struggle against Italian rule in Ethiopia. Early life Of ethnic Amhara descent Belay Zeleke was born in 1912 in Bechena, Gojjam. His father, Kassa Zeleke Lakew, was a native of Lamcan in Gojjam and his mother, Weyzero Taytu Asna, was a native of Amhara Sayint in Wollo, Amhara Region. Belay's father was a loyal and close servant of Lij Eyasu, who bestowed him the title of Basha, and is said to have had a considerable number of troops under his command. After the fall of Lij Iyasu, Basha Zeleke first moved to his wife’s residence, in Caqqäta, and later to Lamchan in Gojjam, and there submitted to Ras Hailu Tekle Haymanot After a while, Zeleke killed a ...
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