Workers' Party of Ethiopia government
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The Workers' Party of Ethiopia government was the Marxist-Leninist civilian regime that succeeded the Derg military junta and ruled Ethiopia under a one-party socialist system in the 1980s.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government
ⓘ
one-party state ⓘ socialist state ⓘ |
| capital | Addis Ababa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
authoritarian rule
ⓘ
one-party dominance ⓘ suppression of political opposition ⓘ |
| claimedStateIdeology | scientific socialism ⓘ |
| collapseCause | military defeat by Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ |
| collapseEvent | fall of Addis Ababa in 1991 ⓘ |
| conflict |
Eritrean War of Independence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ethiopian Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigray War (1974–1991) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionAdopted | 1987 Constitution of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constitutionalForm | people's republic ⓘ |
| countryGoverned | People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currency | Ethiopian birr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicSystem | planned economy ⓘ |
| endTime | 1991 ⓘ |
| establishedFormOfState | People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Transitional Government of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foreignPolicy |
alignment with Eastern Bloc
ⓘ
alignment with Soviet Union ⓘ |
| governingParty | Workers' Party of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | Mengistu Haile Mariam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headOfState | Mengistu Haile Mariam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| humanRightsRecord | widespread abuses ⓘ |
| ideology | Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| legalSystem | socialist legal system ⓘ |
| legislature | National Shengo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | Amharic ⓘ |
| partyGeneralSecretary | Mengistu Haile Mariam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partySystem | single legal party ⓘ |
| policy |
centralized economic planning
ⓘ
collectivization of agriculture ⓘ land nationalization ⓘ state ownership of major means of production ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | far-left ⓘ |
| precededBy | Derg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedReligionPolicy | officially atheist state ⓘ |
| region | Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedFormOfState | Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securityApparatus |
military
ⓘ
state security services ⓘ |
| startTime | 1987 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front–led transitional regime ⓘ |
| territory | Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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