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Mengistu Haile Mariam

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Mengistu Haile Mariam
Mengistu Haile
Chairman of the Derg and Head of State of Ethiopia
In office
3 February 1977 – 10 September 1987
AsíwájúTafari Benti
Arọ́pòHimself, as President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
1st President of Ethiopia
In office
10 September 1987 – 21 May 1991
Arọ́pòTesfaye Gebre Kidan
Àwọn àlàyé onítòhún
Ọjọ́ìbí21 Oṣù Kàrún 1937 (1937-05-21) (ọmọ ọdún 87) [1]
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ẹgbẹ́ olóṣèlúWorkers Party of Ethiopia

Àdàkọ:Contains Ethiopic text Mengistu Haile Mariam (መንግስቱ ኃይለ ማርያም, pronounced Àdàkọ:IPA-am; born 21 May 1937) is a an Ethiopian politician who was the most prominent officer of the Derg, the Communist military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, and President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991.


  1. "Profile: Mengistu Haile Mariam". BBC News Online. 12 December 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6171927.stm. Retrieved 2006-12-13. . Other accounts state 21 May 1941 [1] Archived 2006-06-23 at the Wayback Machine., 27 May 1941