Derg era

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Addis_Ababa
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ethiopia
gptkbp:currency Ethiopian birr
gptkbp:endDate 1991
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Transitional_Government_of_Ethiopia
gptkbp:governmentType revolutionary
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Derg era
gptkbp:ideology Marxism-Leninism
gptkbp:internationalAdversary gptkb:Somalia
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:internationalAlly gptkb:Cuba
gptkb:East_Germany
gptkb:North_Korea
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Derg
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Eritrean_People's_Liberation_Front
gptkb:Ethiopian_People's_Revolutionary_Democratic_Front
gptkb:Oromo_Liberation_Front
gptkb:Tigray_People's_Liberation_Front
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Ogaden_War
gptkb:Red_Terror
gptkb:1983–1985_famine_in_Ethiopia
Ethiopian Civil War
abolition of monarchy
human rights abuses
mass emigration
civil resistance
mass arrests
mass displacement
forced villagization
nationalization of industry
overthrow of Haile Selassie
suppression of religion
summary executions
Mengistu's exile to Zimbabwe
abolition of feudal land tenure
execution of 60 former officials
fall of Addis Ababa (1991)
establishment of People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987)
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Mengistu_Haile_Mariam
gptkbp:notablePolicy collectivization
resettlement programs
land nationalization
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Amharic
gptkbp:populationCensusNumber 42,000,000
gptkbp:populationCensusYear 1984
gptkbp:precededBy Ethiopian Empire
gptkbp:startDate 1974
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Haile_Selassie_era
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7