Mengistu Haile Mariam (, pronunciation: ; born 21 May 1937 ) is an Ethiopian former politician, revolutionary and former military officer who was the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991 and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991. He was the chairman of the Derg, the Marxist–Leninist military junta that governed Ethiopia, from 1977 to 1987, and the president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) from 1987 to 1991. Wikipedia
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