Derg

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Marxist-Leninist regime government of Ethiopia military junta

The Derg was a Marxist-Leninist military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, known for its authoritarian rule, land reforms, and the violent Red Terror campaign.

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Label Occurrences
Derg canonical 20

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist-Leninist regime ⓘ
government of Ethiopia ⓘ
military junta ⓘ
abolished feudal land tenure system ⓘ
monarchy in Ethiopia ⓘ
armedWing Armed Forces of Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian army
cameToPowerBy 1974 Ethiopian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: 1974 Ethiopian revolution

coup d’état ⓘ
chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
endTime 1987 ⓘ
followedBy Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
foreignPolicy alignment with Eastern Bloc ⓘ
foreignSupport Cuba ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
governmentType authoritarian regime ⓘ
military dictatorship ⓘ
headquartersLocation Addis Ababa ⓘ
ideology Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian socialism

Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
leader Aman Andom ⓘ
Mengistu Haile Mariam ⓘ
Tafari Benti ⓘ
notableEvent Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ
Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
Red Terror ⓘ
officialLanguage Amharic ⓘ
opposedBy Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party ⓘ
Tigray People's Liberation Front ⓘ
overthrew Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
Haile Selassie I ⓘ
policy collectivization of agriculture ⓘ
land reform ⓘ
nationalization of industry ⓘ
one-party socialist state building ⓘ
villagization program ⓘ
politicalRepression Red Terror ⓘ
precededBy Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Imperial government of Haile Selassie I
replacedBy Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Workers' Party of Ethiopia government ⓘ
significantFamine 1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia
significantHumanRightsAbuses forced disappearances ⓘ
forced resettlement ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ
torture ⓘ
startTime 1974 ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Haile Selassie I → overthrownBy → Derg ⓘ
Ethiopian Civil War → mainBelligerent → Derg ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire → successorState → Derg ⓘ
Eritrean War of Independence → opponent → Derg ⓘ
Aman Andom → memberOf → Derg ⓘ
Solomonic dynasty → followedBy → Derg ⓘ
Mengistu Haile Mariam (as Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council and later President) → memberOf → Derg ⓘ
subject surface form: Mengistu Haile Mariam
Eritrean People's Liberation Front → opponent → Derg ⓘ
1974 Ethiopian Revolution → participant → Derg ⓘ
Red Terror → perpetratedBy → Derg ⓘ
subject surface form: Red Terror (Ethiopia)
1984–1985 famine in Ethiopia → governmentInPower → Derg ⓘ
Mengistu Haile Mariam → wasMemberOf → Derg ⓘ
Mengistu Haile Mariam → led → Derg ⓘ
Tigray People's Liberation Front → foughtAgainst → Derg ⓘ
Emperor of Ethiopia → succeededBy → Derg ⓘ
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party → opposed → Derg ⓘ
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party → targetedBy → Derg ⓘ
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front → overthrew → Derg ⓘ
Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia → alsoKnownAs → Derg ⓘ
Eritrean Liberation Front → opponent → Derg ⓘ