Mengistu Haile Mariam
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Former General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia
Why Is Mengistu Haile Mariam Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Mengistu Haile Mariam is an Ethiopian former politician and former army 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 socialist military junta that governed Ethiopia, from 1977 to 1987, and the president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991.
