Derg
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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.
Haile Selassie
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Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia under Empress Zewditu between 1916 and 1930.
Derg
…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. In March 1975 the Derg…
Selassie in 1970
Haile Selassie Portrait
Then Tafari Makonnen wearing a warrior's dress
Ras Makonnen Woldemikael and his son Lij Tafari Makonnen