Lij Abiye Abebe (Amharic: አብይ አበበ; born 1917 – 23 November 1974) was an Ethiopian politician and son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie.

Son of Liqa Mequas Abebe Atnaf Seggad, Abiye was born 1918 in Addis Ababa[2] as a Lij.

According to John Spencer, when Prime Minister Aklilu Habte-Wold sought to resign his post in 1973, he suggested to the Emperor that he be replaced by General Abiye.

Other sources indicate that Aklilu Habte-Wold's rival Prince Asrate Kassa was the person who put General Abiye forward as a fellow aristocrat.

However Abiye consented to becoming Prime Minister only if his nomination, and those of his cabinet, were approved by the Ethiopian parliament, a condition Emperor Haile Selassie found unacceptable.