Ruler · 1892 – 1975

Haile Selassie

Lived 1892 – 1975; monarch, ruler, politician. Emperor of Ethiopia of Ethiopian Empire, 1930 – 1974; also in the line of Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Wikidata's English label: Haile Selassie I.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1892 – 1975; 83 years
In office: 44 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Emperor of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Empire · the 78th of 79 dated reigns · 1260 – 1974

74 before

Menelik II1889 – 1913

Lij Iyasu1913 – 1916

Zewditu I of Ethiopia1916 – 1930

Haile Selassie1930 – 1974

Victor Emmanuel III1936 – 1941

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1930 – 1974 · 44 years · came to it aged 38

Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide; strangling

the article also: deposed

On 27 August 1975, Selassie was murdered on the orders of the Derg regime, a fact that was to remain undiscovered for another 20 years.

Also in the line of Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea (1st of 1).

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