Background
He is the son of Ras Mengesha Seyoum and Princess Aida Desta.
He is the son of Ras Mengesha Seyoum and Princess Aida Desta.
Through his father he is a great-great grandson of Emperor Yohannes IV, and through his mother, he is a great-grandson of Emperor Haile Selassie. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal Confraternity of Sao Teotonio. He was educated at the University of Toronto, Canada.
He is an International Business Consultant and Director of the Canadian Royal Heritage Trust.
Deputy Grand Master of the Ethiopian Order of Baronets (Grazmatch). Chancellor of the Imperial Ethiopian Order of Saint Mary of Zion. Chancellor of the Imperial Solomonic Order of Merit. Patron of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (Priory of the Mountain of the House of the Lord). Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Confraternity of Sao Teotonio. Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Intare.
Born on 24 October 1952 at the Haile Selassie I Hospital is a member of the Royal Family of Ethiopia.