Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1935? - 2 June 2004) was an Ethiopian general who was President of Ethiopia for one week in late May 1991. Colonel Tesfaye Gebre Kidan served as a member of the Derg, the military committee which seized power from Emperor Haile Selassie, and which would later order the executions of his officials and allegedly the murder of the deposed Emperor himself. He had military successes in Somalia and Eritrea, notably as commander of the forces around Jijiga during the Ogaden War.

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  • Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1935? - 2 June 2004) was an Ethiopian general who was President of Ethiopia for one week in late May 1991. Colonel Tesfaye Gebre Kidan served as a member of the Derg, the military committee which seized power from Emperor Haile Selassie, and which would later order the executions of his officials and allegedly the murder of the deposed Emperor himself. He had military successes in Somalia and Eritrea, notably as commander of the forces around Jijiga during the Ogaden War. Elevated to the rank of Lt. General, Tesfaye Gebre Kidan went on to serve as the long time Minister of Defence, then on 14 May 1988 was made military governor and general commander in Eritrea. He was recalled to Addis Ababa from Asmara to serve on the military tribunal, which tried the high ranking officers who had tried to depose President Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1989. He became vice-President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia until 21 May 1991, when Mengistu fled as rebel forces closed in on the capital, making him president. Upon assuming power, General Tesfaye Gebre Kidan found his government falling apart as the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front marched into Addis Ababa and seized power on 28 May. "Government troops turned on one another," read one contemporary account. "Soldiers wantonly looted state property. " Tesfaye informed the U.S. chargé d'affaires in Addis Ababa that he could no longer control the situation, then after announcing a unilateral cease-fire he fled for the safety of the Italian Embassy. The General remained a virtual prisoner in the Embassy until 2 June 2004, when he was killed in a brawl with his fellow Derg member and former Foreign Minister Birhanu Bayeh, Addis Tedla, who had accompanied him into the Embassy 13 years earlier.
  • Tesfaye Gebre Kidan war ein äthiopischer General, welcher für vier Wochen Vizepräsident und im Mai 1991 für eine Woche Präsident von Äthiopien war.
  • Tesfaye Gebre Kidan fut un général, ministre de la Défense et président de l'Éthiopie. Il fut le dernier président de la République populaire démocratique d'Éthiopie et le deuxième président de la République d'Éthiopie pendant une semaine en mai 1991.
  • Тесфайе Гебре Кидан — эфиопский военный и политический деятель, генерал-лейтенант, член Дерга и правительства Менгисту Хайле Мариама, один из ответственных за красный террор в Эфиопии, министр обороны, военный губернатор Эритреи. С 1989 года — вице-президент. После того как 21 мая 1991 года Мариам бежал из страны, Тесфайе Гебре Кидан стал и. о. президента. Он призвал повстанцев к прекращению огня и предложил им совместно разделить власть, но безрезультатно. Спустя неделю столица была занята отрядами РДФЭН. После падения Аддис-Абебы Тесфайе Гебре Кидан укрылся в посольстве Италии, где провёл 13 лет, пока не был убит в драке бывшим министром иностранных дел Бирхану Байе. Как сообщил впоследствии один из медиков, Тесфайе Гебре Кидана ударили по голове бутылкой.
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  • Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1935? - 2 June 2004) was an Ethiopian general who was President of Ethiopia for one week in late May 1991. Colonel Tesfaye Gebre Kidan served as a member of the Derg, the military committee which seized power from Emperor Haile Selassie, and which would later order the executions of his officials and allegedly the murder of the deposed Emperor himself. He had military successes in Somalia and Eritrea, notably as commander of the forces around Jijiga during the Ogaden War.
  • Tesfaye Gebre Kidan war ein äthiopischer General, welcher für vier Wochen Vizepräsident und im Mai 1991 für eine Woche Präsident von Äthiopien war.
  • Tesfaye Gebre Kidan fut un général, ministre de la Défense et président de l'Éthiopie. Il fut le dernier président de la République populaire démocratique d'Éthiopie et le deuxième président de la République d'Éthiopie pendant une semaine en mai 1991.
  • Тесфайе Гебре Кидан — эфиопский военный и политический деятель, генерал-лейтенант, член Дерга и правительства Менгисту Хайле Мариама, один из ответственных за красный террор в Эфиопии, министр обороны, военный губернатор Эритреи. С 1989 года — вице-президент.
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  • Tesfaye Gebre Kidan
  • Tesfaye Gebre Kidan
  • Tesfaye Gebre Kidan
  • Гебре Кидан, Тесфайе
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