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Haile Selassie I

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Haile Selassie I
Emperor of Ethiopia
Reign	2 November 1930 – 12 September 1974
Coronation	2 November 1930
Predecessor	Zewditu I
Successor	De jure Amha Selassie I (crowned in exile)
Head of State of Ethiopia
Predecessor	Zewditu I
Successor	Aman Andom (as Chairman of the Derg)
Spouse	Empress Menen
Issue
Princess Romanework Princess Tenagnework Asfaw Wossen Princess Zenebework Princess Tsehai Prince Makonnen Prince Sahle Selassie
Full name
Ras Tafari Makonnen
House	House of Solomon
Father	Ras Makonnen Woldemikael Gudessa
Mother	Weyziro Yeshimebet Ali Abajifar
Born	23 July 1892 Ejersa Goro, Ethiopia
Died	27 August 1975 (aged 83) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Burial	Holy Trinity Cathedral
Religion	Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo

Styles of Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Reference style	His Imperial Majesty
Spoken style	Your Imperial Majesty
Alternative style	Sire

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Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ፡ ኃይለ፡ ሥላሴ qädamawi haylä səllasé^{[nb 1]}; /hɑjəlɛ səlːɑsɪe/^{[nb 2]}) (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), born Tafari Makonnen,^[2] was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He was the heir to a dynasty that traced its origins by tradition from King Solomon and Queen Makeda, Empress of Axum, known in the Abrahamic tradition as the Queen of Sheba. Haile Selassie is a defining figure in both Ethiopian and African history.^[3][4]
At the League of Nations in 1936, the Emperor condemned the use of chemical weapons by Italy against his people during the Second Italo–Ethiopian War.^[5] His internationalist views led to Ethiopia becoming a charter member of the United Nations, and his political thought and experience in promoting multilateralism and collective security have proved seminal and enduring.^[6] His suppression of rebellions among the nobles (mekwannint), as well as what some^[who?] perceived to be Ethiopia's failure to modernize adequately,^[7] earned him criticism among some contemporaries and historians.^[8]
Among the Rastafari movement, whose followers are estimated at between 200,000 and 800,000, Haile Selassie is revered as the returned messiah of the Bible, God incarnate.^[9][10] Beginning in Jamaica in the 1930s, the Rastafari movement perceives Haile Selassie as a messianic figure who will lead a future golden age of eternal peace, righteousness, and prosperity.^[11] Haile Selassie was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian throughout his life.