Mengistu Haile Mariam: Difference between revisions

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|fullname = Mengistu Haile Mariam

|alias = N/A

|occupation = President of Ethiopia ~~Chairman~~ of the ~~[[Derg]]~~

|occupation = Chairman of the [[Derg]] (1974 - 1987) President of Ethiopia (1987 - 1991) General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia (1984 - 1991)

|origin = ~~Ethiopia~~

|origin = Kaffa Province, Italian East Africa

|type of villain = Dictator

|crimes = [[Genocide]], [[~~ethnic~~ cleansing]], [[~~war~~ crimes]]

|crimes = [[Genocide]] [[Ethnic cleansing]] [[War crimes]] Mass [[murder]] [[Torture]] Oppression

|goals = Remain in power (failed)

|goals = Remain in power (failed) Prevent Eritrea from becoming independent (failed)

|hobby = N/A}}{{Quote|In this country some aristocratic families automatically categorize people with dark skin, thick lips and kinky hair as 'Barias'... Let it be clear to everybody that I shall make these ignoramuses stoop and grind corn!|Mengistu Haile Mariam}}'''Mengistu Haile Mariam''' (May 21st, 1937 - ) is an Ethiopian politician who was the most prominent officer of the [[Derg]], the [[Communist]] military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, and President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991. Effectively a dictator, he oversaw the [[Qey Shibir|Ethiopian Red Terror of 1977–1978]], a campaign of repression against the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party and other anti-Derg factions. Mengistu fled to Zimbabwe in 1991 at the conclusion of the Ethiopian Civil War, and remains there despite an Ethiopian court verdict finding him guilty ''in absentia'' of [[genocide]]. Some estimates for the number of deaths his regime was responsible for are as high as 1.285 million. He is currently living in exile in Zimbabwe.

|hobby = N/A}}

{{Quote|In this country some aristocratic families automatically categorize people with dark skin, thick lips and kinky hair as 'Barias'... Let it be clear to everybody that I shall make these ignoramuses stoop and grind corn!|Mengistu Haile Mariam}}

'''Mengistu Haile Mariam''' (May 21st, 1937 - ) is an Ethiopian politician who was the most prominent officer of the [[Derg]], the [[Communist]] military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, and President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991.

Effectively a dictator, he oversaw the [[Qey Shibir|Ethiopian Red Terror of 1977–1978]], a campaign of repression against the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party and other anti-Derg factions. Mengistu fled to Zimbabwe in 1991 at the conclusion of the Ethiopian Civil War, and remains there despite an Ethiopian court verdict finding him guilty ''in absentia'' of [[genocide]]. Some estimates for the number of deaths his regime was responsible for are as high as 1.285 million. He is currently living in exile in Zimbabwe.

==Early life==

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 |fullname = Mengistu Haile Mariam
 |alias = N/A
-|occupation = President of Ethiopia<br>Chairman of the [[Derg]]
+|occupation = Chairman of the [[Derg]] (1974 - 1987)<br>President of Ethiopia (1987 - 1991)<br>General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia (1984 - 1991)
-|origin = Ethiopia
+|origin = Kaffa Province, Italian East Africa
 |type of villain = Dictator
-|crimes = [[Genocide]], [[ethnic cleansing]], [[war crimes]]
+|crimes = [[Genocide]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>Oppression
-|goals = Remain in power (failed)
+|goals = Remain in power (failed)<br>Prevent Eritrea from becoming independent (failed)
-|hobby = N/A}}{{Quote|In this country some aristocratic families automatically categorize people with dark skin, thick lips and kinky hair as 'Barias'... Let it be clear to everybody that I shall make these ignoramuses stoop and grind corn!|Mengistu Haile Mariam}}'''Mengistu Haile Mariam''' (May 21st, 1937 - ) is an Ethiopian politician who was the most prominent officer of the [[Derg]], the [[Communist]] military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, and President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991. Effectively a dictator, he oversaw the [[Qey Shibir|Ethiopian Red Terror of 1977–1978]], a campaign of repression against the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party and other anti-Derg factions. Mengistu fled to Zimbabwe in 1991 at the conclusion of the Ethiopian Civil War, and remains there despite an Ethiopian court verdict finding him guilty ''in absentia'' of [[genocide]]. Some estimates for the number of deaths his regime was responsible for are as high as 1.285 million. He is currently living in exile in Zimbabwe.
+|hobby = N/A}}
+{{Quote|In this country some aristocratic families automatically categorize people with dark skin, thick lips and kinky hair as 'Barias'... Let it be clear to everybody that I shall make these ignoramuses stoop and grind corn!|Mengistu Haile Mariam}}
+'''Mengistu Haile Mariam''' (May 21st, 1937 - ) is an Ethiopian politician who was the most prominent officer of the [[Derg]], the [[Communist]] military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, and President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991.
+Effectively a dictator, he oversaw the [[Qey Shibir|Ethiopian Red Terror of 1977–1978]], a campaign of repression against the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party and other anti-Derg factions. Mengistu fled to Zimbabwe in 1991 at the conclusion of the Ethiopian Civil War, and remains there despite an Ethiopian court verdict finding him guilty ''in absentia'' of [[genocide]]. Some estimates for the number of deaths his regime was responsible for are as high as 1.285 million. He is currently living in exile in Zimbabwe.
 ==Early life==