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Mengistu Haile Mariam
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Mengistu Haile Mariam [mɛŋˈgɪstuː ˈhaɪlɪ ˈmɑːrɪəm]
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(Biographies / Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937 M, Ethiopian, MILITARY: soldier, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: head of state) born 1937, Ethiopian soldier and statesman; head of state from 1977 until 1991 when rebels seized power and he fled into exile


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We would therefore like to say this: follow our footsteps on the road we traveled, all over the country, during the 16 or 17 years of struggle we waged, not just to free ourselves -- the people of Tigray, but also you, all Ethiopians -- from the inhuman, most destructive regime of Mengistu Hailemariam, who made your country literally a killing field.
The regime of Mengistu Hailemariam, which overthrew the Emperor in 1974, did the same before turning to the Soviet Union for support.
Even those who show cruel, inhuman and destructive behaviours, such the former dictator, Mengistu Hailemariam, or the current leader of the TPLF, Meles Zenawi, belong to and are an inseparable part and product of Ethiopian society.
 
 
 
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