Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
| Crown Prince Zera Yacob of Ethiopia | |
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| Crown Prince of Ethiopia (Head of the Imperial Family) | |
| File:Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Crown Prince of Ethiopia.jpg If monarchy were to be restored, He would be Zera Yacob II, Emperor of Ethiopia | |
| Predecessor | Amha Selassie I, Emperor in Exile |
| Issue | Princess Lideta |
| House | House of Solomon |
| Father | Emperor Amha Selassie I |
| Mother | Empress Medferiashwork |
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (born 1953) (Ge'ez ዘርአ ያዕቆብ አምሃ ሥላሴ), styled the Crown Prince of Ethiopia is the grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie and son of Emperor-in-Exile Amha Selassie of Ethiopia. After the revolution of 1974, he lived in exile in Great Britain where he had been attending school, and briefly in the United States. He is currently living in Addis Ababa. He is currently recognized as th Head of the Solomonic Dynasty and as the Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia by the Crown Council of Ethiopia. However, there is a rival claimant in the form of Girma Yohannis Iyasu, the grandson of Emperor Iyasu V.
Biography
Zera Yacob Amha Selassie attended and graduated from Eton College and Cambridge University. He was named "Acting Crown Prince" and Heir Presumptive to the Imperial throne of Ethiopia in 1974 by his grandfather, Emperor Haile Selassie, following his father's severe stroke a year earlier. He was named Heir Apparent by his father Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen, when the Crown Prince assumed the title of Emperor Amha Selassie in exile in April of 1989.
Following the fall of the Ethiopian monarchy, Prince Zera Yacob completed his studies at Cambridge in the mid-seventies and went on to briefly work as a banker in the United States. He then returned to London to be closer to his parents. He was married and had a daughter, Princess Lideta Zera Yacob, but was subsequently divorced from his wife. He briefly accompanied his father Emperor Amha Selassie when he moved to Virginia in 1989, but later returned to England and resided for a time in Manchester. He has since returned to Ethiopia permanently.
Prince Zera Yacob has been regarded as head of the Imperial Family of Ethiopia since the death of his father in February 1997.
Charity
Prince Zera Yacob is the sovereign of the Imperial Ethiopian Order of Saint Mary of Zion and bestows awards to individuals for their outstanding service of assistance to the people of Ethiopia.
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