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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.
Avraham "Avera" Mengistu [1] [2] (Hebrew: אברה מנגיסטו , born 1986) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli man who crossed into Gaza on September 7, 2014. He was interrogated by Hamas , and has been missing since then. [ 3 ]
Mengistu Haile Mariam (born 1937) 3 February 1977 10 September 1987 10 years, 219 days Military COPWE WPE — • People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991) • 1: Mengistu Haile Mariam (born 1937) 10 September 1987 21 May 1991 (Resigned) 3 years, 253 days WPE: 1987 – Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1935–2004) Acting: 21 May 1991 27 May ...
The Mengistu Haile Mariam-led military dictatorship used this 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia as government military policy by restricting food supplies for strategy against the counter-insurgency of the Tigray People's Liberation Front's guerrilla-soldiers, and for "social transformation" in non-insurgent areas (against people of Tigray ...
Mengistu returned within 24 hours and nine generals, including the then-current Air Force commander and the Army Chief of Staff, died as the coup was crushed. [3] [4] After being captured, Major General Fanta Belay was killed while trying to escape. 12 more high-ranking military officers were executed in 1990 for their role in the coup attempt. [5]
The 1960 Ethiopian coup attempt (Amharic: የታህሳሱ ግርግር) [2] was a failed coup d'état perpetrated against Emperor Haile Selassie on 13 December 1960 by the Council of the Revolution, a cabal of four conspirators led by brothers Germame Neway and Brigadier General Mengistu Neway, commander of the Kebur Zabagna (Imperial Guard), that sought to overthrow the Emperor during a state ...
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
Mengistu Neway (1919 – 30 March 1961) was an Ethiopian military officer and commander of the Imperial Guard during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. He is noted for being one of the early dissidents of the Emperor's regime and for organizing the 1960 coup attempt with his younger brother Germame Neway , for which he was sentenced to death.