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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 ...
Mengistu Haile Mariam (Amharic: መንግሥቱ ኀይለ ማርያም, pronunciation: [mənɡɨstu haɪlə marjam]; born 21 May 1937) is an Ethiopian former politician, revolutionary 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 officers decided everything collectively at first, and selected Mengistu Haile Mariam to chair the proceedings. On 12 September 1974, the Derg overthrew the government of the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie during nationwide mass protests, and three days later formally renamed itself the Provisional Military Administrative Council.
Mengistu Haile Mariam Ethiopia: May 21, 1937: Head of state (1977–1987) President (1987–1991) Living: Convicted in absentia: Benito Mussolini Italy: July 29, 1883: Prime minister (1922–1943) April 28, 1945: Executed by firing squad Imre Nagy Hungary: June 7, 1896: Prime minister (1953–1955, 1956) June 16, 1958: Executed by hanging ...
The Workers' Party of Ethiopia (WPE) was founded that same year as a vanguard party led by Derg chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam. The Derg was dissolved with the proclamation of the PDRE, but continued to rule de facto until September when the new government took office, three months after the June general election.
The Qey Shibir was escalated on 3 February 1977 following the appointment of Mengistu Haile Mariam as Chairman of the Derg, who took a hardline stance against opponents. The urban guerrilla warfare saw brutal tactics used on all sides, including summary executions , assassinations , torture and imprisonment without trial. [ 23 ]
After the end of the Cold War, the United States played a facilitative role in the peace talks in Washington, D.C. during the months leading up to the May 1991 fall of the Mengistu regime. In mid-May, Mengistu resigned as head of the Ethiopian government and went into exile in Zimbabwe, leaving a caretaker government in Addis Ababa. A high ...
Speculation arose around the circumstances of his death in 1975, and mostly centered on the alleged assassination plot by the Derg under Mengistu Haile Mariam. His remains were temporarily kept in the Ba'ata Mariam Church near the tomb of Menelik II , lying in a glass-fronted case in the perfumed crypt until his burial ceremony took place on 23 ...