- Mengistu Haile Mariam (born 21 May 1937) is an Ethiopian former army officer and politician 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 (PDRE) from 1987 to 1991.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao
- South Africa will not extradite former dictator Mengistu to Ethiopia where he is wanted for the mass murder of his political opponents.
- Head of state of Ethiopia (1974-1991).
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