Ruler · 1937 – present

Mengistu Haile Mariam

Born 1937, living; politician, military personnel. President of Ethiopia (Ethiopia), 1977 – 1991; also in the line of People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The atlas files them under People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

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

Lived: since 1937; living
In office: 14 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: exiled; the ruler's own article

President of Ethiopia

Ethiopia · the 1st of 8 dated reigns · 1977 – 2024

Mengistu Haile Mariam1977 – 1991

Tesfaye Gebre Kidan1991

Meles Zenawi1991 – 1995

Negasso Gidada1995 – 2001

4 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removedleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1977 – 1991 · 14 years · came to it aged 40

Left it: exiledread from the ruler's own article

In May 1991, the EPRDF forces advanced on Addis Ababa from all sides, and Mengistu fled the country with 50 family and Derg members by Ethiopian air force jet to Nairobi, Kenya..

Also in the line of People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

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