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Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie I
Haile Selassie (1969).jpg
Haile Selassie I in 1969
Emperor of Ethiopia ()
Reign 2 April 1930 – 12 September 1974
Coronation 2 November 1930
Predecessor Zewditu
Successor Asfaw Wossen (Amha Selassie)
as "King of Ethiopia"
(Did not recognise designation as such)
Prime Ministers
Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia
Reign 27 September 1916 – 2 April 1930
Predecessor Ras Bitwoded Tessema Nadew
(Under Iyasu V)
Monarch Zewditu
Born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael
(1892-07-23)23 July 1892
Ejersa Goro, Ethiopian Empire
Died 27 August 1975(1975-08-27) (aged 83)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Burial 5 November 2000
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Spouse Menen Asfaw
Issue Princess Romanework
Princess Tenagnework
Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen
Princess Zenebework
Princess Tsehai
Prince Makonnen
Prince Sahle Selassie
Dynasty Solomonic (Sahle Selassie branch)
Father Makonnen Woldemikael
Mother Yeshimebet Ali
Religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo
Styles of
Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Imperial coat of arms of Ethiopia (Haile Selassie).svg
Reference style Amharic: ግርማዊ? girmāwī
His Imperial Majesty
Spoken style Amharic: ጃንሆይ? djānhoi
Your Imperial Majesty
(lit. "O [esteemed] royal")
Alternative style Amharic: ጌቶቹ? getochu
Our Lord (familiar)
(lit. "Our master" (pl.))
Haile Selassie
Mittelholzer-haileselassie.jpg
1st & 5th Chairman of the Organization of African Unity
In office
25 May 1963 – 17 July 1964
Succeeded by Gamal Abdel Nasser
In office
5 November 1966 – 11 September 1967
Preceded by Joseph Arthur Ankrah
Succeeded by Joseph-Désiré Mobutu

Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ, qädamawi haylä səllasé; Amharic pronunciation: [ˈhaɪlɜ sɨˈlːase]);23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen Woldemikael , was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor from 1930 to 1974. He also served as Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 25 May 1963 to 17 July 1964 and 5 November 1966 to 11 September 1967. He was a member of the Solomonic Dynasty.

At the League of Nations in 1936, the Emperor condemned the use of chemical weapons by Italy against his people during the Second Italo–Ethiopian War. His internationalist views led to Ethiopia becoming a charter member of the League of Nations, and his political thought and experience in promoting multilateralism and collective security have proved seminal and enduring. His suppression of rebellions among the landed aristocracy (the ), which consistently opposed his reforms, as well as what some critics perceived to be Ethiopia's failure to modernize rapidly enough, earned him criticism among some contemporaries and historians. His regime was also criticized by human rights groups, such as Human Rights Watch, as autocratic and illiberal.

Among the Rastafari movement, whose followers are estimated at between two and four million, Haile Selassie is revered as the returned messiah of the Bible, God incarnate. Beginning in Jamaica in the 1930s, the Rastafari movement perceives Haile Selassie as a messianic figure who will lead a future golden age of eternal peace, righteousness, and prosperity. Haile Selassie was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian throughout his life. He is a defining figure in Ethiopian history.


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