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Mengistu Haile Mariam (Amharic: መንግሥቱ ኀይለ ማርያም, pronunciation: [mənɡɨstu haɪlə marjam]; born 21 May 1937) is an Ethiopian former politician and former military officer who was the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991 and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991.
The anthem was first performed on Revolution Day on 12 September 1975. [1] [a] When the junta was reorganized in 1987 as the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, the song was retained until 1992. [2] The lyrics were written by poet Assefa Gebre-Mariam Tesema, and the music was composed by musician Daniel Yohannes Haggos. [3] [4] [5]
During the 1962 African Nations Cup, Mengistu scored one goal in the final of the 3rd African cup against Egypt, [a] when Ethiopia won their first major trophy. He was named player of the tournament, the first Ethiopian to claim that award. Ethiopia scored the most in that tournament with four goals on the final.
Until the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974, the heads of state of Ethiopia were either emperors or regents. From the coup d'état of the Derg leading to the fall of the empire in September 1974 until March 1975, the Derg considered the crown prince Asfaw Wossen (later regnal name Amha Selassie ) as the king (not emperor) and the nominal head of ...
The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) was a coalition of various ethnically-based political movement created by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a guerrilla movement formed in the contemporary Tigray region of northern Ethiopia in 1975.
The Ethiopian Golden Age of Music was an era of Ethiopian music that began around the 1960s to 1970s, until the Derg regime progressively diminished its presence through politically motivated persecutions and retributions against musicians and companies, which left many to self-imposed exile to North America and Europe.
“Oh, music has always been just a hobby,” says Pedersen, who once took piano lessons “from an old neighbor lady” while living in Los Angeles before he moved back to South Dakota, and plays ...
Mengistu (Amharic: መንግስቱ) is a male given name and a surname of Ethiopian origin that may refer to: Given name. Mengistu Haile Mariam (born 1937), Ethiopian President and Chairman of the Derg; Mengistu Worku (1940–2010), Ethiopian football player and coach; Mengistu Neway (1919–1961), Ethiopian commander of the Imperial Bodyguard