Mengistu Haile Mariam

American  

[meng-gis-too hahy-lee mahr-ee-uhm] / mɛŋˈgɪs tu ˈhaɪ li ˈmɑr i əm /

noun

1. born 1937, Ethiopian political leader: head of state 1977–87; president 1987–91.

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Mengistu Haile Mariam British  

/ mɛŋˈɡɪstuː ˈhaɪlɪ ˈmɑːrɪəm /

noun

1. born 1937, Ethiopian soldier and statesman; head of state from 1977 until 1991 when rebels seized power and he fled into exile

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Example Sentences

Consider Mengistu Haile Mariam, who was Ethiopia’s head of state from 1977 to 1991, when he fled the country.

From Washington Post

He talked his way past the armed guards and was able to watch as longtime dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam boarded a plane and quietly fled the country as rebels closed in on him.

From Reuters

At the time it was a band of a few hundred guerrillas in remote mountains fighting the-then Marxist regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam.

From BBC

This federal arrangement was laid out in the 1994 constitution in part to correct what was seen as over-centralisation under dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam.

From BBC

Thirty years ago, when Ethiopia set up a Special Prosecutor's Office to try officials of the ousted military regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam, it was decided to use genocide charges for political killings.

From BBC