Yidnekechew Tessema was a football player, earning 15 caps for Ethiopia, and he served as Secretary-General of the Ethiopian Football Federation from 1943-76. Tessema was President of the African Football Federation and was a member of the FIFA Executive Board from 1966-72. He also served as Secretary-General and then President of the Ethiopian Olympic Committee. Tessema studied in Paris, but was unable to finish there because of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. He became an IOC Member in 1971, serving until his death in 1987.
Ethiopia