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The Derg or Dergue, officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council, and also often simply known as Socialist Ethiopia, was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, when it
Advocacy manifesto of the Derg, published in June 1978
Ethiopian army soldiers rally in support of the Derg; many of them holding advocacy manifestos of the regime.
Mengistu Haile Mariam giving a speech
Ethiopian soldiers at pro-government rally.
Mengistu Haile Mariam
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Mengistu Haile Mariam is an Ethiopian communist revolutionary, military officer, and former statesman who served as the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991. He was General Secretary of the Wor
Derg
…and mid-level officers of the Imperial Ethiopian Army and members of the police. 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…
Mengistu in 1977/78
Fidel Castro meets with Mengistu Haile Mariam in Ethiopia, 1977
Same Mengistu's speech. Moment during which he is throwing a bottle filled with blood.
Propaganda poster, shows Mengistu.