Bitwoded Until the end of the Ethiopian monarchy in 1974, there were two categories of nobility in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Mesafint ( gez, መሳፍንት , modern , singular መስፍን , modern , "prince"), the hereditary nobility, formed the upper ...

'' 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 The Mayor of Addis Ababa ( am, የአዲስ አበባ ከንቲባ) is head of the executive branch of Addis Ababa's municipal government. The mayor's office is located in Addis Ababa City Hall. Adanech Abebe is the first woman mayor and 32nd m ...

, as well as its

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, the

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and

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. These functions were separated by the formation of the first cabinet in 1907, with Haile Giyorgis appointed to those posts ''

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''. He was

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from 1915 to 1917. With Haile Giyorgis' removal from office by then-Regent ''

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Tafari Makonnen Haile Selassie I ( gez, ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, ; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (' ...

in 1917, the post of ''Negadras'' of

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

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.

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