Embet Ilen (c.1801 – 1851) was a high-born woman and political leader during the Zemene Mesafint in present-day Eritrea.
The mother of Woldemichael Solomon, Embet Ilen was described as "without any doubt the most emancipated woman in Marab-Millash (highland Eritrea) in the nineteenth century.
Embet Ilen was given in marriage to Ayte Selomon, the eldest son of Kantiba Zar'ay, ruler of Hazzega.
Ilen kept her office by managing to ally with Wube Haile Maryam.
However, after being blamed for the murder of an old enemy, Kantiba Woldegaber, she was unable to find a safe place to live in exile.