The 27 Institute for Statistical Humanity

Official Registry for the “27 Club” of Notable Deaths

Q7963017

Wallelign Mekonnen

Ethiopian politician

Bio

Wallelign Mekonnen Kassa was an Ethiopian Marxist student activist and militant active in the Ethiopian Student Movement from the mid-1960s until his death in 1972. Wallelign was the author of the highly influential but contentious article On the Question of Nationalities in Ethiopia published in 1969.2

Born1945 Mar 221
Died1972 Dec 101
Occupationpolitician1
Cause of deathgunshot wound, death in battle2
StatusConfirmed: Wallelign Mekonnen is a 27 Club member

Sources: 1Wikidata 2Wikipedia Photo