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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Born: May 21, 1937 (age 86)
Bio: Mengistu Haile Mariam is an Ethiopian politician who was the leader of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991. He was the chairman of the Derg, the Communist military dictatorship that governed Ethiopia, from 1977 to 1987, and the President of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991.