Mengistu Haile Mariam

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Order_of_the_Grand_Star_of_Honour_of_Socialist_Ethiopia
gptkbp:birthDate 1937-05-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Walayta,_Ethiopian_Empire
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:convictedOf 2006
genocide (in absentia)
gptkbp:education gptkb:Holetta_Military_Academy
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Welayta
gptkbp:fledTo gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:governmentType Marxist-Leninist
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mengistu Haile Mariam
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Ogaden_War
authoritarian rule
mass executions
Mengistu regime
Soviet Union alliance
forced resettlement programs
land reform policies
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:People's_Democratic_Republic_of_Ethiopia
gptkb:Derg
gptkbp:militaryRank Lieutenant Colonel
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Egyptian
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Eritrean_War_of_Independence
fall of the Derg
flight to Zimbabwe
sentencing to life imprisonment in absentia
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Red_Terror
Ethiopian Civil War
famine in Ethiopia
overthrow of Haile Selassie
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
politician
gptkbp:overthrownBy 1991
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Workers'_Party_of_Ethiopia
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Chairman_of_the_Derg
gptkb:Head_of_State_of_Ethiopia
gptkb:President_of_Ethiopia
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Tafari_Benti
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Harare,_Zimbabwe
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Wubanchi_Bishaw
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Tesfaye_Gebre_Kidan
gptkbp:termEnd 1991
gptkbp:termStart 1977
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:President_of_Ethiopia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4