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Also Known As Ras Tafari • Tafari Makonnen
Born July 23, 1892 • near Hārer • Ethiopia
Died August 27, 1975 (aged 83) • Addis Ababa • Ethiopia
Title / Office emperor (1930-1974), Ethiopia
Role In Italo-Ethiopian War

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Haile Selassie, 1967
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Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia stands in an ornate ceremonial uniform beside a table with a crown
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