Ketema Yifru

Ketema Yifru (Amharic: ከተማ ይፍሩ; 12 December 1929 – 14 January 1994) was one of Ethiopia’s most influential 20th-century diplomats, statesmen, and technocrats. Rising from a rural farming background in Eastern Ethiopia, he became a key architect of Ethiopian foreign policy during the late Imperial era and played a foundational role in the creation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963.

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