Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Acting

Birthday

1892/07/22

Day of death

1975/08/26 (83 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Harar, Ethiopia

Also know as

Ras Tafari Makonnen, Tafari Makonnen, ተፈሪ መኮንን, ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ, Lij Tafari, Lij Tafari Makonnen, Täfäri Mäkonnän, Qädamawi Haylä Səllasé, Ləj Täfäri Mäkonnən, ልጅ ተፈሪ መኮንን, Jah Rastafari

Biography

Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty, which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.