Tadesse biru biography template
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Tadesse Birru
Ethiopian general of Ethiopian Imperial Army and civil right activist
Tadesse Birru (1921 – 19 March 1975) was an Ethiopian military officer and civil rights activist.
Initially a strong proponent of Ethiopian unity, Tadesse eventually became an activist for the empowerment of the Oromo people in the 1960s. His advocacy turned into repeated attempts to overthrow the government through a coup and later through a military rebellion.
He was eventually captured and executed by the Derg regime.
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He is considered to be the father of modern Oromo nationalism.[3]
Life and career
Early life
Tadesse was born in Salele, in the Shewa province of the Ethiopian Empire during Emperor Haile Selassie's reign.
His father, Birru, was killed by poison gas during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and his mother died of grief three months later. Tadesse is of Tulama Oromo descent.
Military career
Left without a family, Tadesse joined his uncle, Beka, as a member of t