Emperor of Ethiopia

For the list of emperors, see List of emperors of Ethiopia.
"Atse" redirects here. For ATSE, see Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
Emperor of Ethiopia
ዐፄ
Imperial
Imperial coat of arms
Last to reign
Haile Selassie
2 April 1930 – 12 September 1974
Details
StyleHis Imperial Majesty
First monarchMenelik I
Last monarchHaile Selassie
Formation1270 AD
Abolition21 March 1975
ResidenceMenelik Palace
AppointerHereditary
Pretender(s)Zera Yacob Amha Selassie
Girma Yohannes Iyasu
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Lebna Dengel, nəgusä nägäst (emperor) of Ethiopia and a member of the Solomonic dynasty.

The emperor of Ethiopia (Ge'ez: ንጉሠ ነገሥት, romanized: nəgusä nägäst, "King of Kings"), also known as the Atse (Amharic: ዐፄ, "emperor"), was the hereditary ruler of the Ethiopian Empire, from at least the 13th century until the abolition of the monarchy in 1975. The emperor was the head of state and head of government, with ultimate executive, judicial and legislative power in that country. A National Geographic article from 1965 called Imperial Ethiopia "nominally a constitutional monarchy; in fact it was a benevolent autocracy".[1]

  1. ^ Nathaniel T. Kenney, "Ethiopian Adventure", National Geographic, 127 (1965), p. 555.