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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. He was the ...
Mengistu Haile Mariam is an Ethiopian army officer and was the head of state (1974–91). He helped overthrow the centuries-old monarchy and attempted to mold Ethiopia into a communist state. Mengistu received officer training at Holeta and additional training in the United States.
Ethiopia's former Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has removed a controversial photo he had posted on his Facebook page, which showed him smiling next to the country's exiled Marxist...
May 18, 2018 · Lt. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam (born 1937) became the head of state of Ethiopia and chairman of the ruling military government (the Derg) after a 1974 revolution deposed Emperor Haile Selassie. He was also the head of the central committee of Ethiopia's Socialist Workers Party.
Aug 9, 2007 · An Ethiopian court found exiled former Marxist ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam guilty of genocide in absentia on Tuesday, ending a 12-year trial.
Nov 24, 1999 · Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam headed the junta which in 1974 overthrew the government of Emperor Haile Selassie in a bloody coup. Known as the "Derg" or "Dergue," the "committee," the junta...
Aug 9, 2007 · ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - An Ethiopian court spared former Marxist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam from the death penalty on Thursday, sentencing him to life in prison for genocide during a 17-year...
Dec 13, 2006 · NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 12 An Ethiopian court on Tuesday convicted the former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam of genocide, but Mr. Mengistu may never face punishment, because he remains in exile in...
Nov 12, 2006 · NAIROBI — An Ethiopian court convicted Mengistu Haile Mariam of genocide Tuesday, but the former dictator may never actually face punishment because he remains in exile in Zimbabwe.
Aug 9, 2007 · An Ethiopian court found exiled former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam guilty in absentia of genocide on Tuesday, ending a 12-year trial.
