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Zauditu

regent of Ethiopia
Also known as: Zawditu

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association with Haile Selassie I

  • Haile Selassie
    In Haile Selassie I

    Zauditu, Menilek II’s daughter, thereupon became empress in 1917, and Ras Tafari was named regent and heir apparent to the throne.

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role in Ethiopia

  • Fort Jesus
    In eastern Africa: Italian rule

    As regent to Empress Zauditu from 1916 to 1930, and afterward as monarch, Haile Selassie had worked to reform the economy, government, communications, and military. His success was recognized early, on Sept. 28, 1923, when Ethiopia entered the League of Nations. These achievements presaged a modern Ethiopian state that…

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  • Ethiopia
    In Ethiopia: Regent and heir apparent

    …was replaced by Menilek’s daughter, Zauditu. Since it was considered unseemly for a woman to serve in her own right, Ras Tafari, the son of Ras Makonnen and a cousin of Menilek, served as Zauditu’s regent and heir apparent. The prince developed the rudiments of a modern bureaucracy by recruiting…

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