June Carter Cash
Musical Monikers
Madonna
Justin Bieber
My Ghost Story
I Survived
Babe Ruth
Johnny Cash
Georgia O'Keefe
I Survived
1 photo
Quick Facts
Best Known For
Emperor Haile Selassie I worked to modernize Ethiopia for several decades before famine and political opposition forced him from office in 1974.
Quiz
Think you know about Biography?
Answer questions and see how you rank against other players.
Play NowHaile Selassie I. (2013). The Biography Channel website. Retrieved 05:23, May 23, 2013, from http://www.biography.com/people/haile-selassie-i-9325096.
Haile Selassie I. [Internet]. 2013. The Biography Channel website. Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/haile-selassie-i-9325096 [Accessed 23 May 2013].
"Haile Selassie I." 2013. The Biography Channel website. May 23 2013, 05:23 http://www.biography.com/people/haile-selassie-i-9325096.
"Haile Selassie I," The Biography Channel website, 2013, http://www.biography.com/people/haile-selassie-i-9325096 [accessed May 23, 2013].
"Haile Selassie I," The Biography Channel website, http://www.biography.com/people/haile-selassie-i-9325096 (accessed May 23, 2013).
Haile Selassie I [Internet]. The Biography Channel website; 2013 [cited 2013 May 23] Available from: http://www.biography.com/people/haile-selassie-i-9325096.
Haile Selassie I, http://www.biography.com/people/haile-selassie-i-9325096 (last visited May 23, 2013).
Haile Selassie I. The Biography Channel website. 2013. Available at: http://www.biography.com/people/haile-selassie-i-9325096. Accessed May 23, 2013.
Final Years
By the early 1970s famine, ever-worsening unemployment and increasing frustration with the government's inability to respond to the country's problems began to undermine Haile Selassie's rule.
In February 1974 mutinies broke out in the army over low pay,
Contents
while a secessionist guerrilla war in Eritrea furthered his problems. Haile Selassie was eventually ousted from power in a coup and kept under house arrest in his palace until his death in 1975.
Reports initially circulated claiming that he had died of natural causes, but later evidence revealed that he had probably been strangled to death on the orders of the new government.
In 1992 Haile Selassie's remains were discovered, buried under a toilet in the Imperial Palace. In November 2000 the late emperor received a proper burial when his body was laid to rest in Addis Ababa's Trinity Cathedral.
© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
profile name: Haile Selassie I profile occupation:
Your Connections
Sign in with Facebook to see how you and your friends are connected to famous icons.
Profile Connections
Included In These Groups
-
Mysterious Deaths
View groupAn unsolved crime never fails to fascinate us, especially when it involves the death of a celebrity. Over the years many famous individuals, from movie stars to politicians to rockers, have died in mysterious circumstances. Conspiracy theories and accusations of foul play abound, but we may never know fact from fiction. Here's a look at some of the most famous mysterious deaths.
Mysterious Deaths 28 people in this group
-
Famous Leos 522 people in this group
-
Famous Emperors 42 people in this group
