Ethiopian Military Council

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The Ethiopian Military Council was a ruling junta of senior officers that briefly held power in Ethiopia during a period of political upheaval preceding the rise of the Derg.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military junta
provisional government
characterizedAs senior-officer junta
composedOf senior military officers
context crisis of the Ethiopian monarchy
country Ethiopia
duration brief
exercisedPowerOver Ethiopian state apparatus
followedBy Derg NERFINISHED
governmentType military government
historicalSignificance transitional body before consolidation of Derg power
legitimacy extra-constitutional authority
natureOfPeriod political upheaval
politicalOrientation military rule
politicalSystem authoritarian rule
powerBase Ethiopian armed forces NERFINISHED
powerStatus de facto ruling authority
precededBy Imperial government of Haile Selassie I NERFINISHED
relatedEvent collapse of imperial regime in Ethiopia
role ruling junta

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Mengistu Neway (acting, as Chairman of the Military Council) governingBody Ethiopian Military Council
subject surface form: Mengistu Neway