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Tafari Benti

1921 - 1977

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Brigadier General Tafari Benti (Amharic: ተፈሪ በንቲ, romanized: teferī bentī; 11 October 1921 – 3 February 1977) was an Ethiopian military officer and politician who served as head of state of Ethiopia from 1974 to 1977 in his role as second chairman of the Derg, the ruling military junta. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tafari Benti has received more than 332,319 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Tafari Benti is the 14,583rd most popular politician (down from 13,087th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 34th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tafari Benti ranks 14,583 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel Arce y Ochotorena, José María Obando, Eric Arturo Delvalle, Ali Lamine Zeine, Mudar Badran, and Lee Wan-koo. After him are Modibo Keita, Hrant Shahinyan, Hans van Mierlo, René Schick, Óscar Diego Gestido, and Apollodotus I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Tafari Benti ranks 317. Before him are Ferenc Karinthy, Ottavio Missoni, Alan Freed, Sahir Ludhianvi, Kees de Jager, and Jeanne Demessieux. After him are Antonino Rocca, Ilka Gedő, Mikayil Abdullayev, Egon Jönsson, Richard Egan, and Ursula Franklin. Among people deceased in 1977, Tafari Benti ranks 191. Before him are Gummo Marx, José Planas, Wilmer Allison, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud, and Toma Caragiu. After him are Antonino Rocca, Károly Kós, Ulises Poirier, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Giorgio La Pira, and Héctor Méndez.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Tafari Benti ranks 40 out of 105. Before him are Kenenisa Bekele (1982), Genesius of Rome (250), Mara Takla Haymanot (900), Ezana of Axum (325), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), and Susenyos I (1572). After him are Menen Asfaw (1889), Liya Kebede (1978), Malik Ambar (1548), Hubert Auriol (1952), Abdiqasim Salad (1941), and Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Tafari Benti ranks 27. Before him are Gudit (950), Dawit II (1496), Fasilides (1603), Ezana of Axum (325), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), and Susenyos I (1572). After him are Abdiqasim Salad (1941), Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1937), Sahle Dengel (1778), Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), and Tekle Giyorgis II (1836).

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