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Mengistu Haile Mariam

b. 1937 · 20th century

Mengistu Haile Mariam was an Ethiopian army officer who rose to lead the Derg, the military council that overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974. The coup ended the Ethiopian Empire and the Solomonic monarchy. Mengistu ruled Ethiopia as a Marxist dictator until 1991.

Mengistu Haile Mariam
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Ethiopian EmpireDecline

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DergPeople's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mengistu Haile Mariam. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mengistu-haile-mariam
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