Mengesha Jembere
Mengesha Jembere መንገሻ ጀምበሬ | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 May 1884 |
| Died | 15 August 1950 (aged 66) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Ethiopian Empire |
| Unit | Arbegnoch |
| Battles/wars | Second Italo-Ethiopian War World War II |
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Dejazmach Mengesha Jembere (Amharic: መንገሻ ጀምበሬ; 24 May 1884 – 15 August 1950) was a leader of the Patriot movement (Arbegnoch) during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia. He fought in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in 1936 before becoming a resistance leader in his native province of Gojjam. After the liberation of Ethiopia, he became the deputy governor of Gojjam.