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Amha Selassie

1916 - 1997

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Amha Selassie (Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, romanized: Āmiha Śəllase, lit. 'Salute of the Trinity'; born Asfaw Wossen Tafari; 27 July 1916 – 17 January 1997) was Emperor-in-exile of Ethiopia. As son of Haile Selassie, he was Crown Prince and was proclaimed monarch three times. He was first proclaimed Emperor during an unsuccessful coup attempt against his father in December 1960, during which he alleged that he was detained and compelled to accept the title. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amha Selassie has received more than 1,343,093 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Amha Selassie is the 9,501st most popular politician (down from 8,037th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 15th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amha Selassie ranks 9,501 out of 19,576. Before him are Huhanye, Jeanine Áñez, Josef Krips, George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Ilu-shuma, and Ulpia Severina. After him are Abderrahmane Youssoufi, Vitold Fokin, Léon Flameng, Prince William of Gloucester, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, and Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Amha Selassie ranks 113. Before him are Alexey Maresyev, Edmundo Suárez, Ugo Locatelli, Helmut Gröttrup, Erik Nilsson, and Penelope Fitzgerald. After him are Hilary Koprowski, Moondog, Giuseppe Taddei, Julian Rotter, Wilhelm Batz, and Jacques Georges. Among people deceased in 1997, Amha Selassie ranks 112. Before him are Edward Mulhare, Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Lyman Spitzer, Peng Zhen, Walter Gotell, and Anatoli Boukreev. After him are Ho Feng-Shan, Saw Maung, Harold Robbins, Luigi Villoresi, King Hu, and Lev Kopelev.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Amha Selassie ranks 23 out of 105. Before him are Meles Zenawi (1955), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Kaleb of Axum (500), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Taytu Betul (1851), and Haile Gebrselassie (1973). After him are Mamo Wolde (1932), Yohannes IV (1837), Negasso Gidada (1943), Wilfred Thesiger (1910), Gudit (950), and Mulatu Astatke (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Amha Selassie ranks 18. Before him are Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Meles Zenawi (1955), Mulatu Teshome (1955), Kaleb of Axum (500), Abiy Ahmed (1976), and Taytu Betul (1851). After him are Yohannes IV (1837), Negasso Gidada (1943), Gudit (950), Dawit II (1496), Fasilides (1603), and Ezana of Axum (325).

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