Lorenzo Taezaz

Lorenzo Taezaz (Known as "Lorenzo Taezaz")

Diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs, League of Nations Speechwriter

Born 1900-06-30

Adi Quala, Eritrea

Passed Away 1946-06-23 Stockholm, Sweden

Lifespan 45 years old

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"It is international morality that is at stake; today it is us, tomorrow it will be you."

Archival Overview

Brilliant Eritrean-Ethiopian jurist and diplomat who drafted Haile Selassie's historic 1936 address to the League of Nations and organized the clandestine patriot network during Italian occupation.

Biographical Record

Lorenzo Taezaz was born on June 30, 1900, in Adi Quala, Italian Eritrea. Sent by Emperor Menelik's court to study in France, he completed a doctorate in law at the University of Montpellier.

Taezaz served as permanent secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Following Mussolini's invasion in 1935, Taezaz drafted Emperor Haile Selassie's immortal speech before the League of Nations in Geneva in June 1936. During the occupation, he slipped clandestinely behind Italian lines into occupied Ethiopia, organizing weapons drops, intelligence networks, and international press coverage for the Arbegnoch resistance. Appointed Foreign Minister in 1941, he died while serving as Ambassador to Sweden in 1946.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Holy Trinity Cathedral Cemetery
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

                         GPS: 9.0309, 38.7622                    

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