|
Ethiopia:
Rulers, Statesmen, and Titleholders |
| Name |
Tenure |
Family |
| Ethiopia |
►Division
into semi-independent areas until 1855
|
| Kings
(Negus) of Ethiopia |
Theodore (Kasa)
|
1855-68†
|
•••• |
►Internal
struggles 1868-72
|
John II
|
1871-89†
|
•••• |
| Emperors
and Empress of Ethiopia |
Menelik II
|
1889-1911;
†1913
|
•••• |
Lij Yasu
|
1911-16;
†1935
|
•••• |
Zauditu
|
1916-30†
|
•••• |
| Regent
|
Ras
Tafari (Haile Selassie, Emp of Ethiopia) (for Zauditu)
|
1916-30
|
•••• |
Haile Selassie (1)
|
1930-36;
†1975
|
•••• |
►Italian
occupation 1936-41
|
|
1936-43
dep; †1947 |
Savoy
(254) |
Haile Selassie (2)
|
1941-74;
†1975
|
•••• |
►Military
junta 1974-75
|
| Dictator
of Ethiopia |
Mengistu
Haile Miriam
|
1975-91
|
•••• |
►Transitional
government 1991-95
|
|
Families
|
Lands
| Abbr. and Symbols |
Sources
|
Ethiopia Index |
