Mengistu Haile Mariam was a significant Ethiopian politician who served as Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991. Born on May 21, 1937, he led a period of radical social and economic reforms, as well as a brutal civil war that lasted for over a decade.
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“From now on you must pray for your people and yourself three times a day.”
“Mengistu is a barbaric and cruel creature who becomes happy with the death of human beings.”