gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:awarded
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gptkb:Order_of_the_Grand_Star_of_Honour_of_Socialist_Ethiopia
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1937-05-21
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Walayta,_Ethiopian_Empire
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gptkbp:children
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3
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gptkbp:convictedOf
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2006
genocide (in absentia)
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Holetta_Military_Academy
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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gptkb:Welayta
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gptkbp:fledTo
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gptkb:Zimbabwe
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gptkbp:governmentType
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Marxist-Leninist
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mengistu Haile Mariam
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:Ogaden_War
authoritarian rule
mass executions
Mengistu regime
Soviet Union alliance
forced resettlement programs
land reform policies
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gptkbp:ledTo
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gptkb:People's_Democratic_Republic_of_Ethiopia
gptkb:Derg
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gptkbp:militaryRank
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Lieutenant Colonel
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:Egyptian
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Eritrean_War_of_Independence
fall of the Derg
flight to Zimbabwe
sentencing to life imprisonment in absentia
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:Red_Terror
Ethiopian Civil War
famine in Ethiopia
overthrow of Haile Selassie
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:military_officer
politician
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gptkbp:overthrownBy
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1991
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gptkbp:politicalParty
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gptkb:Workers'_Party_of_Ethiopia
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gptkbp:positionHeld
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gptkb:Chairman_of_the_Derg
gptkb:Head_of_State_of_Ethiopia
gptkb:President_of_Ethiopia
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Tafari_Benti
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:Harare,_Zimbabwe
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Wubanchi_Bishaw
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Tesfaye_Gebre_Kidan
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gptkbp:termEnd
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1991
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gptkbp:termStart
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1977
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:President_of_Ethiopia
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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