Alumni/Fourteenth Course

GC 677 Getahun Mekonnen

GC 677 GETAHUN MEKONNEN. Getahun was born in the village of Runja near Yirgalem in Sidamo Province in 1943 (EC), the fifth child in a family of seven. After attending school at Haile Selassie I Primary School and Ras Desta Secondarc School, Yirgalem, he says that his father and other members of his family advised him to become an officer in the army. He now feels that this advice was well founded. He confesses that riding and hunting are near manias with him. After retirement, he says wistfully, he would like a stable of his own horses.

Major Getahun resides in Europe