marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Ethiopic characters. Mengistu Haile Mariam (Amharic: መንግሥቱ ኀይለ ማርያም, pronunciation: [mənɡɨstu haɪlə marjam];...

initially by chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam. On 12 September 1974, the Derg overthrew the government of the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie during...

Terror of the Russian Civil War, and most visibly took place after Mengistu Haile Mariam became chairman of the Derg on 3 February 1977. It is estimated...

Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1987, the Derg government, led by Mengistu Haile Mariam, was subdued by rebel groups due to lack of support from the Soviet...

communist party in Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991 led by General Secretary Mengistu Haile Mariam. The Workers' Party of Ethiopia was founded in 1984 by the Derg...

among Derg factions was the announcement on February 11, 1977, that Mengistu Haile Mariam had become head of state. However, the country remained in chaos...

other members of the Derg, was killed in a shootout at his home. Mengistu Haile Mariam served as interim chairman until the Derg appointed Tafari to the...

1984, the Derg formed Workers Party of Ethiopia (WPE) headed by Mengistu Haile Mariam and formalized the establishment of the People Democratic Republic...

founded that same year as a vanguard party led by Derg chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam. The Derg was dissolved with the proclamation of the PDRE, but continued...

the alleged plot of the Derg assassination under Mengistu Haile Mariam. His remains kept in Ba'ata Mariam Church near the tomb of Menelik II, lying in the...