Ras Mekonnen Wolde Mikael Wolde Melekot (May 8, 1852 – March 21, 1906), or simply Ras Makonnen, was a Shewan Amhara royal from Menz, grandson of the Shewan Amhara king Sahle Selassie of Shoa, a military leader, the governor of Harar province in Ethiopia, and the father of Tafari Mäkonnen (later known as Emperor Haile Selassie I).
His father was Fitawrari Makonnen was a grandson of Negus Sahle Selassie of Shewa through his mother, Leult Tenagnework Sahle Selassie.
As such, he was a first cousin of the Ethiopian Emperor, Menelik II.