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''Blattengeta'' Heruy Welde Sellase (8 May 1878 – 19 September 1938; ብላቴን፡ጌታ፡ኅሩይ፡ወልደ፡ሥላሴ ''Blatten-Geta Həruy Wäldä-səllase'') was a Foreign Minister of Ethiopia and a writer in Amharic. Bahru Zewde observes that his career "stands out as the great success story ... of the early twentieth-century intellectuals," then continues, "His prolific literary record, his influence with Tafari-Hayla-Sellase and his ascent in the bureaucratic hierarchy were all characterized by an unchequered progression.〔Bahru Zewde, ''Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia'' (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), p. 70〕 Edward Ullendorff concurs in this evaluation, describing his ''oeuvre'' as "a considerable and distinguished literary output."〔Ullendorff, ''The Ethiopians: An Introduction to the Country and People'', second edition (London: Oxford University Press, 1960), p. 156〕 John Spencer, who met Heruy in early 1936, described him as "a short, rotund, white-haired man ... with a goatee and a café au lait complexion. His corpulent build and backward-leaning stance suggested a Santa Claus, except for his black cape and the absence of a sparkle in his eyes. He was remarkably ponderous and deliberate (''qunin''), in his movements, perhaps reflecting the importance which he assigned to his position as foreign minister and to the reputation which he had earned among Ethiopians for his writings on Ethiopian history."〔John Spencer, ''Ethiopia at Bay: A personal account of the Haile Selassie years'' (Algonac: Reference Publications, 1984), p. 14〕 == Career == Born Gebre Masqal in the region of Menz, Heruy received his initial education in the traditional manner at local churches until his father died when he was 13. He found a living working as deacon to a big landlord in return for food and clothing until he achieved an appointment as clerk to ''Dejazmach'' Bashah Abboye, the governor of Selale. Continuing in other clerical positions, he eventually came to the notice of the priests of Saint Raguel on Mount Entoto, who rekindled his desire for learning.〔Bahru Zewde, ''Pioneers'', p. 71〕 He joined the school attached to that church, where he was taught by the Ethiopian Orthodox priest ''Mamher'' Walda Giyorgis. According to Bahru Zewde, it was Walda Giyorgis who gave him his name "Heruy" (Amharic "precious"). Not satisfied with a traditional education, Heruy cast his eyes further afield and learned English at the Swedish mission school in Addis Ababa then picked up some French working with a French veterinary team.〔Bahru Zewde, ("Heruy's "Ya-Heywat Tarik" and Mahtama-Sellase's "Che Balaw": Two Perceptions of a Biographical Dictionary", ''History in Africa'' ), 23 (1996), p. 391〕 Regent ''Ras'' Tefari (later Emperor Haile Selassie) appointed Heruy in 1916 to serve as administrator of Addis Ababa.〔Harold G. Marcus, ''The Life and Times of Menelik II: Ethiopia 1844-1913.'' (Lawrenceville: Red Sea Press, 1995), pp. 28, 100〕 He was a member of Ethiopia's first delegation to the League of Nations (7 August 1922) and part of the retinue that accompanied the Regent on his tour of Europe in 1924.〔Haile Selassie, ''My Life and Ethiopia's Progress: The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie I'', translated from Amharic by Edward Ullendorff (New York: Frontline Books, 1999), vol. 1 pp. 77, 84.〕 By the early 1930s, he was promoted to Foreign Minister, and held that office at the beginning of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. A diplomatic mission to Japan in 1931 left him sufficiently impressed to argue for strengthened ties between the two nations. He hoped that by modeling their military training and modernization on Japan they could remain independent. This hoped proved illusory and the pro-Ethiopian aspect of the Japanese military fully accepted alliance with Italy soon after the war with that country began.〔Heruy's visit to Japan is discussed by J. Calvitt Clarke, ("Ethiopia's Non-Western model for Westernization: Foreign Minister Heruy's mission to Japan, 1931" )〕 Heruy joined his Emperor in exile, although he had been one of three members of the council who had voted against Haile Selassie leaving Ethiopia to address the League of Nations in Geneva. Heruy died at Fairford.〔Anthony Mockler, ''Haile Selassie's War'' (New York: Olive Branch, 2003), p. 392〕 and was buried in the city of Bath where the Royal Household lived in exile at Fairfield House, before his body was eventually returned to Ethiopia.〔Shawn Sobers, 'Footsteps of the Emperor', HTV West 1999〕 Haile Selassie, who described Heruy in his autobiography as "brilliant and strong-willed", included the following words in his elegy at Heruy's funeral: : My colleague and friend Herui, as you depart after successful completion of your service to your country, if I fail to say 'you are great', your works would give the lie to my words. Although the storm generated by wicked people destabilized the world and buffeted you, it did not defeat you. Yet you had to obey the rule of the Great and Kind Lord. We are all subject to this eventually.〔Haile Selassie I, ''My Life and Ethiopia's Progress, Haile Sellassie I, King of Kings of Ethiopia: Addis Abeba, 1966 E.C.'' translated by Ezekiel Gebissa, ''et. alia'', (Chicago: Frontline Books, 1999), vol. 2 p. 73〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heruy Wolde Selassie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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