Gila Michael Bahta
Gila Michael Bahta | |
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| Died | 2010 Asmara, Eritrea |
| Nationality | Eritrean |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| NSA member | North East Africa 1961 - ???? Ethiopia ???? - ???? |
| Counsellor | Africa 1983 - 1995 |
Gila Michael Bahta (d. 2010) was an Eritrean Bahá’í who served as a National Spiritual Assembly member and Continental Counselor in Africa.
Background[edit]
Bahta became a practicing lawyer in his youth.[1] He was introduced to the Bahá’í Faith in the mid-1940's by Sabri and Fahima Elias,[2] and assisted with successful efforts to proclaim the Faith to Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia at some point in the 1940's or early 1950's.[1]
In late 1958 Bahta represented the Bahá’í community at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa held in Addis Ababa.[3] As of 1961 he had been elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of North East Africa,[4] and as of 1966 he was serving as chairman of the body.[5] In 1963 he chaired a session at the First Bahá’í World Congress.[6] In 1970 he made arrangements for Rúḥíyyih Khánum to have an audience with Emperor Haile Selassie and accompanied her when she met with the Emperor.[7]
In 1975 the North East Africa Assembly was reconstituted as the National Spiritual Assembly of Ethiopia and Bahta was serving on the Ethiopian Assembly as of 1977.[8] In 1983 the Universal House of Justice appointed Bahta as a Continental Counselor for Africa,[9] and in 1985 he was reappointed for a full five year term.[10] He was appointed for a second term in 1990 completing his service as Counselor in 1995.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Earl Redman, The Knights of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 2017, p 58
- ↑ Baha'i News (1977). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 557, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1959). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 338, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1961). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 365, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 429, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1974). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 14 (1963-1968), Pg(s) 61. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 468, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1977). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 557, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1983). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 633, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
- ↑ 24 October 1985 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
- ↑ 29 October 1995 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
