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|goals = Maintain communist rule over Ethiopia (failed)

|crimes = Human rights violations [[War crimes]] [[Crimes against humanity]] [[Genocide]] Mass [[murder]] Mass starvation [[Torture]] [[Ethnic cleansing]]

|type of villains = Military Junta}}The '''Derg''' (officially known as the '''Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia''') was the military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987. It was established in June 1974 as the Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police and Territorial Army by low-ranking officers of the Ethiopian Army and police led by Chairman Aman Andom.

|type of villains = Military Junta}}The '''Derg''' (officially known as the '''Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia''') was the military junta that governed Ethiopia for much of the [[Cold War]]. They were in power from 1974 to 1987.

==Biography==

The Derg was established in June 1974 as the '''Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police and Territorial Army''' by low-ranking officers of the Ethiopian Army and police led by Chairman Aman Andom.

The Derg was formally renamed the Provisional Military Administrative Council and in September 1974 overthrew the government of the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie I during mass protests.

The Derg was formally renamed the '''Provisional Military Administrative Council''' and in September 1974 overthrew the government of the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie I during mass protests.

The Derg abolished the monarchy and embraced [[communism]] as an ideology, establishing Ethiopia as a Marxist-Leninist one-party state with itself as the vanguard party in a provisional government. The abolition of feudalism, increased literacy, nationalization, and sweeping land reform including the resettlement and villagization from the Ethiopian Highlands became priorities. [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] became Chairman in 1977, launching the [[Qey Shibir]] to eliminate political opponents, with tens of thousands imprisoned and executed without trial.

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Upon entering Addis Ababa, the EPRDF immediately disbanded the WPE and arrested almost all of the prominent Derg officials shortly after. In December 2006, 73 officials of Derg were found guilty of [[genocide]]. Thirty-four people were in court, fourteen others had died during the lengthy process, and twenty-five, including Mengistu, were tried ''in absentia''. The trial ended 26 May 2008, and many of the officials were sentenced to death. In December 2010, the Ethiopian government commuted the death sentence of 23 Derg officials. On 4 October 2011, 16 former Derg officials were freed, after twenty years of incarceration. The Ethiopian government paroled almost all of those Derg officials who had been imprisoned for 20 years.

Other Derg ex-officials managed to escape, and organized rebel groups to overthrow Ethiopia's new government. One of these groups is the Ethiopian Unity Patriots Front which waged an insurgency in the Gambela Region from 1993 to 2012.

Other Derg ex-officials managed to escape, and organized rebel groups to overthrow Ethiopia's new government. One of these groups is the [[Ethiopian Unity Patriots Front]] which waged an insurgency in the Gambela Region from 1993 to 2012.

[[Category:Organizations]]

[[Category:Military]]

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 |goals = Maintain communist rule over Ethiopia (failed)
 |crimes = Human rights violations<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>Mass starvation<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]
-|type of villains = Military Junta}}The '''Derg''' (officially known as the '''Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia''') was the military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987. It was established in June 1974 as the Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police and Territorial Army by low-ranking officers of the Ethiopian Army and police led by Chairman Aman Andom.
+|type of villains = Military Junta}}The '''Derg''' (officially known as the '''Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia''') was the military junta that governed Ethiopia for much of the [[Cold War]]. They were in power from 1974 to 1987.
+==Biography==
+The Derg was established in June 1974 as the '''Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police and Territorial Army''' by low-ranking officers of the Ethiopian Army and police led by Chairman Aman Andom.
-The Derg was formally renamed the Provisional Military Administrative Council and in September 1974 overthrew the government of the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie I during mass protests.
+The Derg was formally renamed the '''Provisional Military Administrative Council''' and in September 1974 overthrew the government of the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie I during mass protests.
 The Derg abolished the monarchy and embraced [[communism]] as an ideology, establishing Ethiopia as a Marxist-Leninist one-party state with itself as the vanguard party in a provisional government. The abolition of feudalism, increased literacy, nationalization, and sweeping land reform including the resettlement and villagization from the Ethiopian Highlands became priorities. [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] became Chairman in 1977, launching the [[Qey Shibir]] to eliminate political opponents, with tens of thousands imprisoned and executed without trial.
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 Upon entering Addis Ababa, the EPRDF immediately disbanded the WPE and arrested almost all of the prominent Derg officials shortly after. In December 2006, 73 officials of Derg were found guilty of [[genocide]]. Thirty-four people were in court, fourteen others had died during the lengthy process, and twenty-five, including Mengistu, were tried ''in absentia''. The trial ended 26 May 2008, and many of the officials were sentenced to death. In December 2010, the Ethiopian government commuted the death sentence of 23 Derg officials. On 4 October 2011, 16 former Derg officials were freed, after twenty years of incarceration. The Ethiopian government paroled almost all of those Derg officials who had been imprisoned for 20 years.
-Other Derg ex-officials managed to escape, and organized rebel groups to overthrow Ethiopia's new government. One of these groups is the Ethiopian Unity Patriots Front which waged an insurgency in the Gambela Region from 1993 to 2012.
+Other Derg ex-officials managed to escape, and organized rebel groups to overthrow Ethiopia's new government. One of these groups is the [[Ethiopian Unity Patriots Front]] which waged an insurgency in the Gambela Region from 1993 to 2012.
 [[Category:Organizations]]
 [[Category:Military]]