Tewodros Bekele (died February 25, 1977) was an Ethiopian

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

ist. Tewodros was a leader of the Seamen's Union.Legum, Colin.
The Horn of Africa in continuing crisis
'. New York ; London: Africana, 1979. pp. 18, 46 He was a leading member of the

All-Ethiopian Socialist Movement The All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement ( am, መላ ኢትዮጵያ ሶሻሊስት ንቅናቄ, Mela Ītyōṗṗyā Soshalīsit Nik’inak’ē, native acronym: MEISON) is a political party in Ethiopia. A Marxist-Leninist organization, MEISON p ...

(MEISON). In early 1977 he became the founding chairman of the

All-Ethiopia Trade Union The Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU) is an alliance of trade unions in Ethiopia. As of March 2020, this group had 751,887 members. The CETU is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions. The CETU has been described as being ...

(AETU). In broad daylight, gunmen entered the headquarters of the AETU in

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 ...

on February 25, 1977. Tewodros was killed in the attack, and his deputy Getachew Legasse was seriously wounded.
Middle East Economic Digest
'. London: Middle East Economic Digest, 1977. p. 19 The assassination of Tewodros Bekele was publicly ascribed to the

Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) ( am, የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ, Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā Həzbāwī Abyotawi Party), informally known as Ihapa, is the first modern political party in Ethiopia, esta ...

, although suspicion has also been directed to the

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.Clapham Christopher.
Transformation and Continuity in Revolutionary Ethiopia
'. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. p. 67

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