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Mengistu Haile Mariam

1937 - Today

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Mengistu Haile Mariam (Amharic: መንግሥቱ ኀይለ ማርያም, pronunciation: [mənɡɨstu haɪlə marjam]; born 21 May 1937) is an Ethiopian former politician and former military officer who was the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991 and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991. He was the chairman of the Derg, the Marxist-Leninist military junta that governed Ethiopia, from 1977 to 1987, and the president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) from 1987 to 1991. The Derg took power in the Ethiopian Revolution following the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1974, marking the end of the Solomonic dynasty which had ruled Ethiopia since the 13th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mengistu Haile Mariam has received more than 1,986,227 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Mengistu Haile Mariam is the 1,683rd most popular politician (down from 1,515th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 4th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

Mengistu Haile Mariam was the president of Ethiopia from 1974 to 1991. He was most famous for being the leader of the Derg, a Marxist military junta that overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mengistu Haile Mariam ranks 1,683 out of 19,576. Before him are Majorian, Lucius Junius Brutus, Stateira II, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Shennong, and Kurt Schuschnigg. After him are Zhao Ziyang, Friedrich Fromm, Nahum, Margaret of Anjou, Tancred, Prince of Galilee, and Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Mengistu Haile Mariam ranks 26. Before him are Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Vanessa Redgrave, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Robert Coleman Richardson, Egon Krenz, and Princess Birgitta of Sweden. After him are Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Gordon Banks, Bruce McLaren, Abu Nidal, Colin Powell, and Alain Badiou.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Mengistu Haile Mariam ranks 6 out of 105. Before him are Abebe Bikila (1932), Haile Selassie (1892), Zewditu (1876), Abraha (600), and Menelik II (1844). After him are Menelik I (-954), Onuphrius (320), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), and Sahle-Work Zewde (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Mengistu Haile Mariam ranks 4. Before him are Haile Selassie (1892), Zewditu (1876), and Menelik II (1844). After him are Menelik I (-954), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), Sahle-Work Zewde (1950), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Tewodros II (1818), and Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506).

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