词条 | Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen |
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| name = Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen | image = | image_size = 200px | caption = Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen at the 50th Annual Meridian Ball in 2018. | birth_date = 5 May 1982 | birth_place = Rome, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | place of burial = | birth_name = Yoel Dawit Makonnen Haile Selassie | house = Solomon | spouse = Ariana Austin (m. 2017) | issue = | father = Prince David Makonnen | mother = Princess Adey Imru Makonnen | occupation = attorney, businessman, philanthropist | religion = Ethiopian Orthodox }}{{Imperial Family of Ethiopia}} Prince Joel David Makonnen Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, (Yoel Dawit Makonnen Haile Selassie; born 5 May 1982 in Rome) is an attorney, businessman, philanthropist and member of the Ethiopian Imperial House of Solomon. He is the great-grandson of Haile Selassie I, the last Emperor of Ethiopia. Under the terms of the 1955 Constitution of Ethiopia he is currently fifth in the line of succession to the former Imperial Ethiopian throne. Early life and familyMakonnen was born in exile in Rome, Italy in 1982. His parents, Prince David Makonnen and Princess Adey Imru Makonnen, were exiled from Ethiopia during the 1974 communist revolution, while other members of the family were also exiled, imprisoned, or executed. He is the youngest child of Prince David and Princess Adey. He has an older brother, Prince Yokshan Makonnen. His paternal grandparents are Prince Makonnen Haile Selassie, Duke of Harar and Sara Gizaw. His great-grandparents, Haile Selassie I and Menen Asfaw, were the last Emperor and Empress of Ethiopia.[1][2] His father died from health complications in 1989 while in exile in Switzerland.[3] In 1993 Makonnen came to Ethiopia for the first time to visit his family after members of the Imperial family were released from prison and their properties were restored to them. In 1999 Makonnen moved to Addis Ababa with his mother, who was working with the United Nations, and lived there for two years.[4][5] EducationMakonnen was educated in Switzerland and France, having attended the Collège du Léman in Geneva and a boarding school in Haute Savoie. In 1999 he moved to Ethiopia and attended the International Community School of Addis Ababa until 2001. In 2001, he enrolled at the Euro-American Institute of Technology in Sophia Antipolis, France. He transferred to American University in Washington, D.C. in 2003 where he earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration with a focus on international business from the Kogod School of Business. In 2015 he obtained a Juris Doctor from Howard University's School of Law.[3] CareerIn 2009 Makonnen began working as the director of grants for Humanities DC, a non-profit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was a legal intern at the United Nations in 2011 before working as a law clerk in international trade and equal opportunity employment in 2013. From 2016 until 2017 Makonnen was a compliance project manager at a real estate corporation. Since 2017 he has worked for Otsuka Pharmaceutical as a legal aid and corporate counsel.[7] Makonnen is the board director and a co-owner of the Wabe Shebelle Hotel in Addis Ababa. He is also a co-founder and the country director of Alchemy World Projects USA, a non-governmental organization focused on creating schools and entrepreneurship curriculums for impoverished youth in Ethiopia.[6][7][8][9] On August 10, 2018 Makonnen wrote an op-ed for True Africa about political change, national unity, and social progress in Ethiopia.[10] In November 2018, Makonnen and his wife launched Old World/New World Productions, a media company that produces documentaries, feature films, and television shows focused on Africa and the African diaspora.[11][12] Personal lifeMakonnen met American philanthropist Ariana Austin, daughter of Bobby William Austin, at Pearl nightclub in Washington, D.C. in December 2005.[13][14] They got engaged in 2014.[15] Makonnen and Austin were married on September 9, 2017 in an Ethiopian Orthodox ceremony at Debra Genet Medhanealem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church in Temple Hills, Maryland. Their wedding was featured in The New York Times and went viral, receiving international attention.[16][17] The wedding was officiated by thirteen priests and included a coronation ceremony where both the bride and groom were crowned.[18][19] Their wedding reception was held at Foxchase Manor in Manassas, Virginia.[20] Over three hundred guests attended the five days of wedding festivities,[21] which correlated with the Ethiopian New Year, starting on September 5 and ending on September 10th.[22] Guests included Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, Prince Paul Makonnen, Prince Phillip Makonnen, Prince Beedemariam Makonnen, Princess Mary Asfaw Wossen, Johnnetta Cole, Sharon Pratt, and Brandon Todd. Makonnen speaks English, Amharic, French, Italian and Spanish.[4] Titles and stylesMakonnen formally uses the style His Imperial Highness with the title Prince Joel David Makonnen Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.[7] According to the terms set in the 1955 Constitution of Ethiopia, he is currently fifth in the line of succession to the former Imperial Ethiopian throne. References1. ^{{cite web| url = https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/inside-prince-yoel-ethiopia-ariana-austin-royal-wedding-maryland-gallery| title = Inside Prince Yoel of Ethiopia and Ariana Austin’s Royal Wedding| website = Vogue| publisher = Condé Nast| access-date = 14 January 2019}} 2. ^{{cite news| last = Matera| first = Avery| title = Royal Wedding Gowns Through the Years, in Honor of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Wedding| newspaper = Teen Vogue| publisher = Condé Nast| url = https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/royal-wedding-gowns-meghan-markle-prince-harry| access-date = 22 August 2018}} 3. ^1 {{cite web| url = https://princeyoel.com/bio| title = Biography| last = Makonnen| first = Joel| website = Prince Yoel| publisher = Prince Joel Makonnen| access-date = 14 January 2019}} 4. ^1 {{cite web| url = https://www.facebook.com/Gerashowdtv/videos/559422427817736/| title = ከቀዳማዊ ኃ/ሥላሴ የልጅ ልጅ ልጅ ከ ልዑል ኢዩኤል ዳዊት መኮንን ጋር የተደረገ ቃለ ምልልስ| last = Gerawork| first = Dereje| date = 26 August 2018| website = Gera Show| publisher = Diaspora TV| access-date = 14 January 2019}} 5. ^{{cite web| url = https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/article/optimist-prince| title = The Optimist Prince| last = Getachew| first = Samuel| date = 1 September 2018| website = The Ethiopian Reporter| publisher = Media Communications Centre| access-date = 15 January 2019}} 6. ^1 {{cite web| url = http://www.meridian.org/profile/prince-joel-makonnen/| title = H.I.H. PRINCE JOEL MAKONNEN HAILE SELASSIE| website = Meridian| access-date = 14 January 2019}} 7. ^1 {{cite web| url = https://princeyoel.com/| title = PRINCE YOEL - Ethiopian Royal Family| last = Makonnen| first = Joel| website = Prince Yoel| publisher = Prince Joel Makonnen| access-date = 14 January 2019}} 8. ^{{cite web| url = https://princeyoel.com/business| title = BUSINESS| last = Makonnen| first = Joel| website = Prince Yoel| publisher = Prince Joel Makonnen| access-date = 14 January 2019}} 9. ^{{cite web| url = https://princeyoel.com/causes| title = CAUSES: ALCHEMY WORLD PROJECTS / ENTERPRISING ETHIOPIA| last = Makonnen| first = Joel| website = Prince Yoel| publisher = Prince Joel Makonnen| access-date = 14 January 2019}} 10. ^{{cite web| url = https://trueafrica.co/article/why-i-am-suddenly-optimistic-about-the-future-of-ethiopia/| title = Why I am suddenly optimistic about the future of Ethiopia| last = Makonnen| first = Joel| date = 10 August 2018| website = True Africa| access-date = 14 January 2019}} 11. ^https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5Ul-1gWow/ 12. ^https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2uDARgj_X/ 13. ^{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/fashion/weddings/she-met-her-prince-the-great-grandson-of-haile-selassie.html| title = She Met Her Prince (for Real!) at a D.C. Nightclub| last = Rogers| first = Katie| date = 13 October 2017| website = The New York Times| publisher = The New York Times Company| access-date = 14 January 2019}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=https://rnbphilly.com/2924892/girl-marries-prince-real-life-coming-to-america-story/|title=Girl Marries Prince: Real Life ‘Coming To America’ Story|date=18 October 2017|publisher=}} 15. ^{{cite news| last = Murphy| first = Carrie | title = An American Woman Met An Ethiopian Prince At A Bar—And They Had Quite The Lavish Wedding| newspaper = simplemost | date = 18 October 2017| url = https://www.simplemost.com/ethiopian-prince-joel-makonnen-marries-ariana-austin/| access-date = 22 August 2018}} 16. ^{{cite web| url = http://littleethiopia.org/blog/royal-wedding-ethiopian-prince-joel-dawit-makonnen-haile-selassie-married-ms-ariana-joy-lalita-austin-on-sunday-september-9th| title = Royal Wedding : Ethiopian Prince Joel Dawit Makonnen Haile Selassie Married Ms. Ariana Joy Lalita Austin On Sunday September 9th| website = Little Ethiopia| access-date = 14 January 2019}} 17. ^{{cite news| last = Masigan| first = Sammie| title = American Harvard Graduate Is Now Princess Of Ethiopia| newspaper = LifeStyleAsia| date = 25 October 2017| url = http://lifestyleasia.onemega.com/american-harvard-graduate-now-princess-ethiopia| access-date = 22 August 2018}}/ 18. ^{{cite news| url = https://www.vibe.com/2017/10/woman-marries-ethiopian-prince-met-in-a-club-ariana-austin-joel-makonnen/| title = Woman Becomes Princess After Marrying African Prince She Met At A Nightclub| last = Thompson| first = Desire| date = 18 October 2017| newspaper = VIBE| access-date = 22 August 2018}} 19. ^{{cite news| last = Embury-Dennis | first = Tom| title = American woman marries Ethiopian prince she met in nightclub| newspaper = The Independent| date = 17 October 2017| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/merican-woman-princess-marries-ethiopian-prince-met-nightclub-washington-dc-ariana-austin-joel-a8004751.html| access-date = 22 August 2018}} 20. ^{{cite news| title = Wedding of Haile Selassie’s great-grandson sees union of Ethiopian, Guyanese heritages| newspaper = Stabroek News| date = 14 October 2017| url = https://www.stabroeknews.com/2017/news/guyana/10/14/wedding-of-haile-selassies-great-grandson-sees-union-of-ethiopian-guyanese-heritages/| access-date = 22 August 2018}} 21. ^{{cite web| url = https://www.bet.com/style/living/2017/10/19/woman-mets-prince-in-the-club.html| title = See The Luxe Wedding Of This Woman Who Married The African Prince She Met In A Club| last = Elitou| first = Tweety| date = 19 October 2017| website = BET| publisher = Viacom| access-date = 14 January 2019}} 22. ^{{cite news| last = Mckenzie| first =Joi-Marie| title = How this bride found out her husband is a real-life Ethiopian prince| newspaper = ABC News| date = 19 October 2017| url = https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/bride-found-husband-real-life-ethiopian-prince/story?id=50585152| access-date = 22 August 2018}} External links
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