Mengistu Haile Mariam (as Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council and later President)

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Marxist–Leninist dictator head of state human military officer politician war criminal

Mengistu Haile Mariam was a Marxist-Leninist military leader who ruled Ethiopia as a brutal authoritarian head of state from the mid-1970s to 1991, overseeing the Red Terror and widespread human rights abuses.

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Mengistu Haile Mariam (as Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council and later President) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist–Leninist ⓘ
dictator ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
war criminal ⓘ
alliedWith Cuba ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
cameToPowerThrough military coup ⓘ
convictedBy Federal High Court of Ethiopia ⓘ
convictedOf crimes against humanity ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ethiopia ⓘ
countryOfExile Zimbabwe ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1937-05-21 ⓘ
dateOfConviction 2006-12-12 ⓘ
endTime 1991 (as head of state of Ethiopia) ⓘ
ethnicGroup Amhara (commonly reported) ⓘ
surface form: Amhara
familyName Mengistu Haile Mariam ⓘ
surface form: Haile Mariam
fledTo Zimbabwe ⓘ
givenName Mengistu ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
involvedIn 1974 Ethiopian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Revolution

Ogaden conflict ⓘ
surface form: Ogaden War

Red Terror ⓘ
surface form: Red Terror (Ethiopia)
memberOf Derg ⓘ
militaryRank lieutenant colonel ⓘ
opposedBy Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front

Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front
overthrew Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
Haile Selassie I ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ethiopia ⓘ
Jimma ⓘ
positionHeld Chairman of the Derg ⓘ
Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council of Ethiopia ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ethiopia ⓘ
Head of State of Ethiopia ⓘ
President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ⓘ
replacedBy Meles Zenawi ⓘ
residence Harare ⓘ
responsibleFor Red Terror ⓘ
surface form: Red Terror (Ethiopia)

mass killings in Ethiopia ⓘ
widespread human rights abuses in Ethiopia ⓘ
sentence life imprisonment in absentia ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Ethiopian Army ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Army
startTime 1974 (as de facto head of state) ⓘ
1977 (as Chairman of the PMAC) ⓘ
1987 (as President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia) ⓘ

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President of Ethiopia → firstHolder → Mengistu Haile Mariam (as Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council and later President) ⓘ