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Tafari Benti
Tafari Benti (1921–1977) was an Ethiopian army general who became chairman of the Derg, the military council that overthrew Haile Selassie, and thus head of state in November 1974. Largely a figurehead, he was killed in a shoot-out at a Derg meeting in February 1977, after which Mengistu Haile Mariam took full power.
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