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درگ (کشور سابق)

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درگ (کشور سابق)

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Also known as Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia

The Derg or Dergue (, ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), and also often simply known as Socialist Ethiopia, was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when they formally "civilianized" the administration, though remaining in power until 1991.

Key facts

Country.native_name
Ye-ђıbretesebāwit Ityoṗya Gizéyawi Wetadarawi Mengıct
Country.conventional_long_name
Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia
Country.common_name
Ethiopia
Country.era
Cold War
Country.government_type
Unitary provisional communist state under a military junta
Country.event_start
Coup d'état
Country.date_start
12 September
Country.year_start
1974
Country.event1
Monarchy abolished
Country.date_event1
21 March 1975
Country.event_end
Constitution adopted
Country.date_end
22 February
Country.year_end
1987
Country.p1
Ethiopian Empire
Country.flag_p1
Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg
Country.s1
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Country.flag_s1
Flag of Ethiopia (1987–1991).svg
Country.image_flag
File:Flag of Ethiopia (1975–1987, with emblem).svg

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Wikidata facts

Official name
የኅብረተሰብአዊት ኢትዮጵያ ጊዜያዊ ወታደራዊ መንግሥት
Country
Ethiopia
Continent
Africa
Official language
Amharic
Currency
bir
Form of government
unitary state
Coat of arms
Emblem of Ethiopia
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inception
1974-06-28
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1987-02-22
located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Eritrea
native label
የኅብረተሰብአዊት ኢትዮጵያ ጊዜያዊ ወታደራዊ መንግሥት
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