Prince asfa wossen haile selassie biography

Ethiopian-German writer and consultant (born 1948)

Le'ul Ras (Prince) Dr Asfa-Wossen Asserate (Amharic: አስፋ ወሰን ዓሥራተ; born 31 October 1948, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is an Ethiopian-German political analyst and consultant for African and Middle-Eastern Affairs and best-selling author.

A member of the Ethiopian royalty, he is the great-nephew of the last Emperor of EthiopiaHaile Selassie I, great-grandson of the Empress Menen and son of the last President of the Imperial Crown Council, Le'ul Ras (Duke) Asserate Kassa and his wife Leult (Princess) Zuriash Worq Gabre-Iqziabher.

Life

Le'ul (Prince)^{[citation needed]} Asfa-Wossen Asserate was born in 1948 in Addis Ababa,^[1] where he attended the German school^[2] and received his "Abitur".

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He went on to study law, economics and history at the University of Tübingen and at Magdalene College, Cambridge. In 1978, he was awarded a Ph.D. with honours in Ethiopian history at