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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 312,113 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tafari Benti is the 13,132nd most popular politician (down from 12,379th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Ethiopia (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tafari Benti ranks 13,132 out of 15,577Before him are Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia, Mona Sahlin, Hanoi Hannah, Sigrid Kaag, Germán Suárez Flamerich, and Rick Perry. After him are Kurt Beck, Maria Zakharova, Bogdan Borusewicz, Larry O'Brien, Sames II Theosebes Dikaios, and Gérard Larcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Tafari Benti ranks 271Before him are Betty Hutton, Antonino Rocca, Ottavio Missoni, Piero Carini, James Blish, and Alan Freed. After him are Cuthbert Sebastian, Harold Agnew, Yuri Ozerov, Jean Richard, János Pilinszky, and Ferenc Karinthy. Among people deceased in 1977, Tafari Benti ranks 163Before him are Lūcija Garūta, Paul Bernays, Mike Parkes, Antonino Rocca, Zero Mostel, and Roberto Emílio da Cunha. After him are José Perácio, Matthew Garber, Franco Rol, Ulises Poirier, Carlos Prío Socarrás, and Philipp Etter.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Tafari Benti ranks 34 out of 89Before him are Dawit II (1496), Kenenisa Bekele (1982), Miruts Yifter (1944), Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), Malik Ambar (1548), and Ezana of Axum (325). After him are Mara Takla Haymanot (900), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), Abdiqasim Salad (1941), Susenyos I (1572), Liya Kebede (1978), and Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel (1948).

Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Tafari Benti ranks 23Before him are Yohannes IV (1837), Fasilides (1603), Negasso Gidada (1943), Dawit II (1496), Zera Yacob Amha Selassie (1953), and Ezana of Axum (325). After him are Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), Abdiqasim Salad (1941), Susenyos I (1572), and Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1937).