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Amha Selassie

1916 - 1997

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Amha Selassie (Ge'ez: አምሃ ሥላሴ, romanized: Āmiha Śəllase, lit. 'Salute of the Trinity'; born Asfaw Wossen Tafari; 27 July 1916 – 17 January 1997) was Emperor-in-exile of Ethiopia. As son of Haile Selassie, he was Crown Prince and was proclaimed monarch three times. He was first proclaimed Emperor during an unsuccessful coup attempt against his father in December 1960, during which he alleged that he was detained and compelled to accept the title. After his father was deposed in a later coup, he was proclaimed King (not Emperor) in absentia by the Derg on 12 September 1974 in an act which he never accepted as legitimate and that ended in the abolition of the Ethiopian monarchy on 21 March 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amha Selassie is the 3,957th most popular politician (up from 9,500th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Ethiopia (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Ethiopian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amha Selassie ranks 3,957 out of 19,576. Before him are Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Richard III, Duke of Normandy, Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Empress Genmei, and Mojmir I of Moravia. After him are Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Koca Sinan Pasha, Aristobulus II, Konrad I of Masovia, Emperor Daizong of Tang, and Berengaria of Castile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Amha Selassie ranks 46. Before him are Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Masaki Kobayashi, Virginia Satir, Marcel Cerdan, Peter Weiss, and Peter Finch. After him are C. Wright Mills, Raf Vallone, P. W. Botha, Dino Risi, Ephraim Katzir, and Carl Johan Bernadotte. Among people deceased in 1997, Amha Selassie ranks 52. Before him are Teiichi Matsumaru, Cornelius Castoriadis, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Carl Gustav Hempel, Burgess Meredith, and Stéphane Grappelli. After him are John Denver, Friedrich Hund, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Diosdado Macapagal, André Franquin, and Charles Brenton Huggins.

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In Ethiopia

Among people born in Ethiopia, Amha Selassie ranks 18 out of 105. Before him are Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Onuphrius (320), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946). After him are Fasilides (1603), Dawit II (1496), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Susenyos I (1572), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), and Meles Zenawi (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ethiopia

Among politicians born in Ethiopia, Amha Selassie ranks 15. Before him are Ezana of Axum (325), Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia (1895), Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (1506), Abiy Ahmed (1976), Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (1200), and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (1946). After him are Fasilides (1603), Dawit II (1496), Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924), Susenyos I (1572), Hailemariam Desalegn (1965), and Meles Zenawi (1955).

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