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Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi
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- 30 Sep 2019
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, January 31). Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073678
South African History Online (2012) 'Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073678 (Accessed: 6 November 2026).
South African History Online, Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073678, (accessed 6 November 2026).
"Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073678. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Lieutenant-Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam becomes Ethiopia’s head of state. Mengistu, head of the Provisional Armed Forces Commi." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073678.
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