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Haile Selassie I
A.K.A:
Ras Tafari Makonnen - His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia - Tafari Makonnen - Emperor Haile Selassie -1892-07-22 -1975-08-26
Male
Harar, Ethiopia
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Biography
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty, which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.
