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'''Mengistu Haile Mariam''' was the [[Marxist]] leader of [[Ethiopia]] from 1974 to 1991.  His regime, known as the [[Derg]], was responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths by [[famine]], forced resettlements and direct murder. Mengistu permitted thousands of Ethiopian [[Jew]]s to resettle in [[Israel]].[http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-4541.html] In 1991, his regime was overthrown and he received asylum in [[Zimbabwe]].

'''Mengistu Haile Mariam'''(born 1937) is the former [[Marxist]] leader of [[Ethiopia]] from 1974 to 1991.  His regime, known as the [[Derg]], was responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths by [[famine]], forced resettlements and direct murder. Mengistu permitted thousands of Ethiopian [[Jew]]s to resettle in [[Israel]].<ref>[http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-4541.html]</ref> Under his regime, at least 500,000 political opponents, intellectuals and other civilians were killed.<ref>https://www.hrw.org/news/1999/11/24/ethiopian-dictator-mengistu-haile-mariam</ref> In 1991, his regime was overthrown and he received asylum in [[Zimbabwe]], where he remains to date. In 2006 Mengistu Haile Mariam was found guilty ''in absentia'' of [[genocide]] and was sentenced to death by the Ethiopian High Court,<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7420212.stm</ref> but the [[Robert Mugabe]] regime in Zimbabwe has refused to allow him to be extradited back to Ethiopia.

 

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