Lorenzo Taezaz

Lorenzo Taezaz, aka Lorenzo Mebrahtu Taezaz (30 June 1900 – 23 June 1947) was an Eritrean-Ethiopian diplomat, politician and courtier, and considered one of the most important figures of the Ethiopian resistance, the Arbegnoch, against Italian colonialism. He served as Emperor Haile Selassie's diplomatic representative during the Emperor's exile in Britain following the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, being the permanent delegate from Ethiopia to the League of Nations. After the restoration of the Ethiopian government, Lorenzo Taezaz was Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Post and Telegraph, and served in the Ethiopian Senate.

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