Mengistu Haile Mariam citations

Mengistu Haile Mariam , né le 21 mai 1937 à Wolayta en Éthiopie, est un officier et homme d'État éthiopien, lieutenant-colonel, chef de l'État de 1977 à 1991, qualifié de dictateur.

Il est à la tête du Derg à partir de juillet 1974. Cette junte militaire prend le pouvoir durant la révolution éthiopienne de 1974 et abolit le système féodal. Elle conserve le pouvoir en réprimant ses oppositions. Après l'instauration d'une démocratie populaire, Menguistu devient chef de l'État.

Après la défaite de l'armée éthiopienne devant le Front démocratique révolutionnaire du peuple éthiopien en mai 1991, Mengistu se réfugie au Zimbabwe, sous la protection de Robert Mugabe. Il est condamné pour génocide, par contumace à la réclusion à perpétuité, puis, en appel, à mort le 26 mai 2008.

✵ 21. mai 1937
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Mengistu Haile Mariam: Citations en anglais

“If I had resigned on my own accord, to whom would I have transferred the reigns of power?”

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

“Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.”

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

“Mugabe fought and liberated his country from colonists. But I am here as a guest of the Zimbabwe people. I am not a personal guest of Mugabe. And veterans of the liberation struggle are well aware of this fact.”

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

“We fought them when they sought to dismember the nation. Is this why I should seek exoneration?”

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

“[Haile Selassie] was 80 years old and a very weak man. We tried our best to save him but we could not keep him.”

As quoted in "Mengistu defends 'Red Terror'", in BBC News (28 December 1999) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/581098.stm

“We did not even know his name.”

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

“I am a revolutionary; my life is dedicated to freeing the people.”

As quoted in David A. Korn (1986) Ethiopia, the United States and the Soviet Union, Southern Illinois University Press, page 61

“We thought that the proletariat would eventually run the world. But it is the Americans who have assumed that position… The American people have changed.”

As quoted in "Mengistu blames Meles for helping Eritrea at UN to split Ethiopia: Mengistu Haile-Mariam speaks", in Jimma Times (30 July 2010) http://www.jimmatimes.com/article/Latest_News/Latest_News/Mengistu_blames_Meles_for_helping_Eritrea_at_UN_to_split_Ethiopia/33629

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