Hailu Kebede

For the foreign affairs head of Salsay Weyane Tigray, see Hailu Kebede (politician).
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Hailu Kebede
The decapitated head of Hailu Kebede, 22 September 1937
Personal details
Born1893/94
Lasta, Ethiopian Empire
Died22 September 1937 (aged 44)
Sekota, Amhara Governorate, Italian East Africa
Military service
Allegiance Ethiopian Empire
Years of service1935–1937
UnitArbegnoch
Battles/warsSecond Italo-Ethiopian War †
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Hailu Kebede (Amharic: ሃይሉ ከበደ; c.1893/94 – 22 September 1937) was Wagshum and governor of Wag and Lasta in the 1920s. He then became a leader of the resistance Arbegnoch movement against the Fascist Italians during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia.

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