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Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie born in 1892 became emperor of Ethiopia in 1930. As emperor, he suppressed the slave trade that had existed in his country until then. In 1935, Italian troops invaded Ethiopia. After resisting them for a year, Haile Selassie fled to Britain.
He regained his throne in 1941, when British and Ethiopian troops liberated the country. After World War II, he began many social and political reforms, including, in 1955, the setting up of a new constitution. In 1960, he crushed a revolt by army officers led by his son, Prince Asfa Wassan.
Haile Selassie is the grandson of the emperor Menelik II, and was named Lij Tafari at birth. Menelik made him a provincial governor at the age of 14. Lij Yasu, Menelik's successor, became a Muslim in 1916 and Tafari, a Christian, forced him from the throne. Menelik's daughter Judith became empress, with Tafari as regent. He was crowned king in 1928, and took the name Haile Selassie when he became emperor two years later.
