Tewodros Bekele

Tewodros Bekele (died February 25, 1977) was an Ethiopian trade unionist.

[2] In early 1977 he became the founding chairman of the All-Ethiopia Trade Union (AETU).

[1] In broad daylight, gunmen entered the headquarters of the AETU in Addis Ababa on February 25, 1977.

Tewodros was killed in the attack, and his deputy Getachew Legasse was seriously wounded.

[1][3][4] The assassination of Tewodros Bekele was publicly ascribed to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party, although suspicion has also been directed to the Derg.