MENGISTU HAILE MARIAM

mĕnggīsˈtoo hīˈlē märˈēəm, 1937–, military ruler of Ethiopia (1974–91). Mengistu, an army officer, participated prominently in Emperor Haile Selassie's overthrow (1974). Emerging through violence as preeminent military ruler by 1977, he sought Soviet aid, established a socialist People's Republic and fought off Somali incursions and Eritrean rebels. He was elected president in 1987. Regional rebellions increased while Soviet aid receded amid economic deterioration. Mengistu abandoned socialism, but unable to mobilize military resistance, he was forced to flee to Zimbabwe in 1991. He is being tried in absentia for genocide by an Ethiopian court; the trial began in 1994.

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books on: Mengistu Haile Mariam  - 215 results

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The Great Transition: American-Soviet Relations and the End of the Cold War
Book by Raymond L. Garthoff; Brookings Institution, 1994
Subjects: Cold War, Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union
...Ethiopia. Gorbachev told Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam when he visited Moscow in July...shagakh v syazi s obrashcheniyami Mengistu Khaile Mariama On Our Steps in Connection with the Appeals of Mengistu Haile Mariam , excerpt from protocol no...
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Ethiopia: The Challenge of Democracy from Below
Book by Bahru Zewde, Siegfried Pausewang; Nordic Africa Institute, 2002
Subjects: Democratization--Ethiopia, Ethiopia--Politics And Government--1991-
...policies they pursued. Joke 9. Mengistu Haile Mariam, dressed like an ordinary person...with a cup of tea and a battery. Mengistu, looking at the battery, says...loud shout of merriment: Viva Mengistu!!! Long Live the Revolution...
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Dynamics of Regional Politics: Four Systems on the Indian Ocean Rim
Book by W. Howard Wriggins, F. Gause Gregory III, Terrence P. Lyons, Evelyn Colbert; Columbia University Press, 1992
Subjects: Asia, Southeastern--Politics And Government--1945-, Indian Ocean Region--Politics And Government
...radical under the leadership of Mengistu Haile Mariam. The Derg committed itself to...as it had been of the old. Mengistu Haile Mariam combined nationalistic rhetoric...ultimately defeat the insurgents. Mengistu introduced a variety of institutions...
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The Political Economy of Ethiopia
Book by Marina Ottaway; Praeger, 1990
Subjects: Ethiopia--Economic Conditions--1974-, Ethiopia--Politics And Government--1974-
...quite ordinary, but then, so was Haile Selassie. 29 One example will...of the broad masses, Comrade Mengistu Haile Mariam. Similar examples of silliness...that he had been abandoned by Mengistu although he had blindly followed...
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Debating Diversity: Analysing the Discourse of Tolerance
Book by Jan Blommaert, Jef Verschueren; Routledge, 1998
...the BRTN news said of Ethiopian president Mengistu Haile Mariam that he had forced Marxism upon his people...however, the same kind of process that put Mengistu in power. The earlier regime of Haile Selassie was not exactly a showcase for...
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journal articles on: Mengistu Haile Mariam  - 31 results

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25 Years of Public Health Leadership in Africa: the Ethiopian Public Health Association
Journal article by Damen Haile Mariam, Mengistu Asnake; Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 101, 2010
Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome--AIDS, Associations, Health services, Human immunodeficiency virus--HIV, Medical research, Professional ethics, Professional standards, Public health
25 Years of Public Health Leadership in Africa: the Ethiopian Public Health Association by Damen Haile Mariam , Mengistu Asnake The Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) is a national, autonomous, non-profit-making, voluntary...
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The Ethiopian State: Authoritarianism, Violence and Clandestine Genocide
Journal article by Asafa Jalata, Harwood Schaffer; The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online), Vol. 3, 2010
...Menelik, Haile Selassie, Mengistu Haile Mariam, and Meles Zenawi have followed...military regime led by Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam for seventeen years. For...Front (TPLF), replaced Mengistu Haile Mariam as the head of the state...
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Continuity and Change: Three Generations of Ethiopian Artists
Journal article by Rebecca Martin Nagy; African Arts, Vol. 40, 2007
Subjects: Art, Modern--Exhibitions, Modern art--Exhibitions, Modernism (Art)--Exhibitions
...from the patronage of Emperor Haile Selassie. He supported the education...repressive Marxist regime of dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam, as did some of their students...Marxist military dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam, socialist realism became the...
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Contemporary Ethiopian Painting in Traditional Style: From Church-Based to Tourist Art
Journal article by Elisabeth Biasio; African Arts, Vol. 42, 2009
Subjects: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia--Social aspects, African art--Criticism and interpretation, Art, African--Criticism and interpretation, Ethiopian culture--Criticism and interpretation, Ethiopian culture--Portrayals
...Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner. Haile Gabriel Dagne. 1989. "The Scriptorium...in der Zeit der kommunistischen Mengistu-Regierung (1974-1991...the socialist military regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991. (18) Leah Niederstadt...
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Understanding Abyssinian Immigrants in the U.S.: Socio-Cultural Background and Contemporary Experiences
Journal article by Amanuel A. Teklemariam; The Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 29, 2005
Subjects: Immigrants--Economic aspects, Immigrants--Social aspects, United States--Demographic aspects, United States--Social aspects
...Tigray Peoples Liberation Front. Haile Sellassie burned villages and...communist leadership under President Mengistu Haile Mariam. The war worsened between Ethiopian...government, under the leadership of Mengistu Haile Mariam, is widely regarded as one of...
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magazine articles on: Mengistu Haile Mariam  - 73 results

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Mengistu's Game
Magazine article by Rakiya Omaar; The Nation, Vol. 251, October 1, 1990
Subjects: Ethiopia--Political aspects, Mengistu Haile Mariam--Political activity
...Ethiopias strongman, Lieut. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam, faces defeat at the hands of...home to 425,000 people, and Mengistu has threatened to turn it into...suspended after the fall of Haile Selassie in 1974. Israel is anxious...
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Airlift Culminates 17 Years of Secret Israeli Links to Mengistu Government
Magazine article by Richard H. Curtiss; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 10, July 1991
Subjects: Aliens, Black culture, Blacks, Culture, Ethiopia, Government, Immigration, International, International relations, Israel, Jews, Minority & ethnic groups, Refugees, War
...Ababa by its strongman President Mengistu Haile Mariam briefly raised the curtain on...and virtually senile Emperor Haile Selassie under house arrest until...one of the officers, Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam, emerged as Ethiopias strongman...
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More Support for African Films: Problems of Funding and Distribution Still Stalk the African Film Industry, and There Are No Rescuers on the Horizon Yet, Report Kwadwo Gyan-Apenteng and Nana Korantema Adi-Dako
Magazine article by Kwadwo Gyan-Apenteng, Nana Korantema Adi-Dako; New African, July 2009
Subjects: Film festivals--Reports, Gerima, Haile, Motion pictures--Distribution, Motion pictures--Reports, Movie distribution--Reports
...story by the Ethiopian filmmaker Haile Gerima (pictured below) won the...country of birth during the reign of Mengistu Haile Mariam, and the recognition of Anberbers...violence there either. According to Haile Gerima: "Teza provides me with...
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Tomorrow Is Another Day: An Ethiopian Student Survives a Brutal Imprisonment by Translating Gone with the Wind into His Native Amharic
Magazine article by Carol Huang; American Scholar, Vol. 75, Autumn 2006
Subjects: Ethiopia--Military aspects, Ethiopia--Political aspects, Gone with the Wind (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Mekonnen, Nebiy--Crimes against, Mekonnen, Nebiy--Works, Mitchell, Margaret--Works, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Prisoners--Personal narratives, Students--Crimes against, Students--Works
...revolution. A coup had toppled Haile Selassi, the 82-year-old...pug-nosed army colonel named Mengistu Haile Mariam emerged as the most ruthless member...executing his military rivals, Mengistu went after the civil opposition...
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Tale of Two Colonies: Our Correspondent Travels to Yemen and Eritrea, and Finds That the War on Terrorism Is Forcing U.S. Involvement with the One Country's Tribal Turbulence and the Other's ..
Magazine article by Rober D Kaplan; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 291, April 2003
Subjects: United States foreign relations--Eritrea, United States foreign relations--Yemen, War on Terrorism, 2001-
...1974, when Ethiopias Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown, leading to a Marxist regime headed by Mengistu Haile Mariam, Eritrean guerrilla activity...on separate fronts, defeated Mengistu, and Eritrean tanks rolled triumphantly...
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newspaper articles on: Mengistu Haile Mariam  - 37 results

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THE MYTH OF Band Aid; (1) 20 Years Ago, Bob Geldof Raised [pounds Sterling
Newspaper article; November 13, 2004
Subjects: Geldof, Bob, Mengistu Haile Mariam
...by the government of Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam of Ethiopia. Admittedly, there...the famine had broken out, but Mengistu was trying to suppress a rebellion...against the last Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie. Shortly afterwards...
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Ethiopians Pay Ultimate Price
Newspaper article by David Hirst; The Washington Times, May 24, 1999
Subjects: Eritrea, Tigrean People's Liberation Front
...Marxist-Leninist dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991. Afterward, the Eritreans...through Eritrean territory. The Mengistu collapse was so complete that...Amharans, through whom Emperor Haile Selassie and then Mr. Mengistu...
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Ethiopians Try Perpetrators of Red Terror: Communist Regime Killed Thousands
Newspaper article by David Orr; The Washington Times, April 4, 1996
...rule of President Mengistu Haile Mariam, the memories...overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974...among them Mr. Mengistu, will be tried...monarchy under Haile Selassie, followed...dictatorship under Mr. Mengistu, left Ethiopia...
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Lohan 'Attending AA Meetings'
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), December 13, 2006
Subjects: Meetings
...trial. FORMER Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam was yesterday convicted of genocide...to account by his own country. Mengistu is living in exile in Zimbabwe...Mugabe has pledged not to deport Mengistu as long as he does not engage...
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Analysis; Revenge, Death, Exile: Dictators' Occupation Hazards
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 31, 2006
Subjects: Dictators, Murder
...Saudi Arabia, where he died in 2003. Ethiopias Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam escaped to Zimbabwe in 1991 as rebels led by ethnic...year dictatorship notorious for its bloody purges. Mengistu has a luxury villa, bodyguards and a pension - payback...
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encyclopedia articles on: Mengistu Haile Mariam  - 2 results

 
 
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Mengistu Haile Mariam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MENGISTU HAILE MARIAM menggis too hi le mar e m, 1937 , military ruler of Ethiopia (1974 91). Mengistu, an army officer, participated prominently in Emperor Haile Selassie s overthrow (1974). Emerging...
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Ethiopia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...seized control of the government. Haile Selassies failure to deal adequately...PMAC). In 1977 Lt. Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam became head of the PMAC, which...urban militias in 1977. Under the Mengistu regime, thousands of political...


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