Fitawrari Habte Giorgis Dinagde (1851 – 1927) was the Ethiopian

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

 Minister of War

Ministry of Defense (Ethiopia)

The Ministry of National Defense of Ethiopia is a cabinet level office in charge of defense related matters of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia...

 during the reigns of Menelik II, Iyasu V

Iyasu V of Ethiopia

Iyasu V , also known as Lij Iyasu was the designated but uncrowned Emperor of Ethiopia . His baptismal name was Kifle Yaqob...

, Zauditu

Zauditu of Ethiopia

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 and Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Haile Selassie I , born Tafari Makonnen, was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974...

 (1909–1927). He is from the Oromo people

Oromo people

The Oromo are an ethnic group found in Ethiopia, northern Kenya, .and parts of Somalia. With 30 million members, they constitute the single largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and approximately 34.49% of the population according to the 2007 census...

 of Ethiopia and played a leading role in several battles. He was also a central figure in the coup which removed Taitu from power during the period of Menelik II's incompetency as well as the 1916 coup which deposed Iyasu V.

A bridge in Oromia and a street in Addis Ababa are named after him. He is well renowned.