Abstract:
The thesis comprises four chapters that examined the biography of Bitwädä Adanä Mäkonnen from his
birth 1901 up to his death in 1983. Since he was an eventful personality, there are various historical
events, which examined with the life of Bitwädä Adanä Mäkonnen.
The thesis comprises genealogical line and boyhood lifetime of Bitwädä Adanä Mäkonnen. It also
discussed about the process of his nomination to political titles and administration posts. The thesis
examined deeply about Italian invasion and the role of Bitwädä Adanä Mäkonnen against fascist
occupation North West regions of Ethiopia. Here, major battlefields that carried out between Bitwädä
Adanä and fascist also discussed detail. The thesis tried to examine the life and career of Bitwädä
Adanä in the post liberation period. Since Bitwädä Adanä was the governor of Wägära Awraja for 28
consecutive years, his political, social and economical achievements are examined detail. Besides to
this, the various gifts and rewards from different governmental and nongovernmental rewards are
included that witnessed the bravery of Bitwädä Adanä Mäkonan. The thesis also discussed about the
fall of monarchical government through popular revolution in 1974. There up on, the military
government took state power and proceeded its brutal rule. Here, the thesis discussed about the
reaction of Bitwädä Adanä with the military government. The thesis also comprises about the formation
of EDU and the major engagements of Bitwädä Adanä with Därg.
Finally, the paper discussed about the decline of EDU and the formation of new EDU, the disputes
between EDU and the conspiracy of EPRP, which resulted to the death of Bitwädä Adanä. The
customable and religious burial ceremony of Btwädäd Adanä also described with figurative manner.