(EMF) — Fitawrari Amede Lema, a member of parliament during the HaileSelassie government, and renowned Ethiopian businessman who owns shopping centers, has passed away yesterday, family source in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa told EMF.
Fitawrari Amede was a member of the Council of Ethiopian Elders who mediated with the Woyanne regime the release of Kinijit (Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party) leaders in July 2007.
He was also known for the lobbying for the return of Axum Obelisk since 1966 as a member of the National Committee for the Return of the Obelisk.
The funeral will take place today at Muslim’s cemetery at 12:30 PM in Addiss Ababa.
Fitawrari Amede Lemma died at age of 90. He was a father of ten children, 34 grand children and six great grand children.
It is also reported that Wzr Sinidu Gebru, the first Ethiopian woman member of parliament and mother of Dr. Samuel Assefa (the drunkard Woyanne ambassador to USA) passed away yesterday.