Haile Selassie I was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty who traced his lineage to Emperor Menelik I. He attempted to modernize the country through a series of political and social reforms. He dissolved the Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea and integrated Eritrea as a province of Ethiopia while fighting to prevent their independence. His regime was criticized by human rights groups, such as Human Rights Watch, as autocratic and illiberal. He died in a plane crash in 1975.
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Haile Selassie I was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty who traced his lineage to Emperor Menelik I. He attempted to modernize the country through a series of political and social reforms. He led the failed efforts to defend Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and spent the period of Italian occupation in exile in England. He dissolved the Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea, which was established by the UN General Assembly in 1950, and integrated Eritrea as a province of Ethiopia while fighting to prevent their independence. In 1963, he presided over the formation of the Organisation of African Unity, the precursor of the African Union, and served as its first chairman. His regime was also criticized by human rights groups, such as Human Rights Watch, as autocratic and illiberal. He has been criticized by some historians for his suppression of rebellions among the landed aristocracy, which consistently opposed his reforms. Among some members of the Rastafari movement, HaileSelassie is referred to as the returned messiah of the Bible, God incarnate. His full title in office was “By the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassesie I, King of Kings, Lord, Elect of Sheba” He was overthrown in a 1974 military coup by a junta, the Derg, backed by the C.
I. A., the Soviet Union and Israel, and was murdered by the junta on 27 August 1975. Haile means in Ge’ez “Power of the Trinity” and Selassy means trinity. He is a Christian and adhered to the tenets and liturgy of the Ethiopian Orthodox church. His personal name is followed by that of his father Makonnen and his grandfather Woldemikael. His name Haile was given to him at his infant baptism and adopted again as part of his regnal name in 1930. As Governor of Harar, he became known as Ras Tafari Mak onnen listen . In 1916, Empress Zewditu I appointed him to the position of Balemulu Silt’an Enderase. In 1928, she planned on granting him the throne of Shewa, but at the last moment opposition from certain provincial rulers caused a change and his title Negus or “King” was conferred without geographical qualification or definition. He descended from the royal line of Shehwan Amhara, who was the offspring of King Sahle Selassian I, who trace their lineage to Solomons I, the King of the Solomons. To Ethiopians, he has been known by many names, including Jani, Tafhoyi, Merqui, and Aba Tekel Tekel, and Jah Jah Jah, Jah Jah. He died in a plane crash in 1975. He leaves behind a wife and three children. He had a son and two daughters.
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