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    The Derg (or Dergue; Amharic: ደርግ, lit. 'committee' or 'council'), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the Marxist–Leninist...
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  • Look up Derg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Derg was a military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987. Derg may also refer to: Derg, Iran...
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  • Lough Derg is the name of two lakes in Ireland: Lough Derg (Shannon) a large lake on the River Shannon, bordering counties Clare, Galway and Tipperary...
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  • Énna Derg, son of Dui Finn, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland, who took power after killing his...
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  • Derg consisted of Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party system with communist and later socialist ideology. Opposing feudal system of Ethiopia, the Derg...
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    The River Derg is a small river in Ireland. The river has its source in Lough Derg, in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, and it flows into County Tyrone...
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    Derg, also known as Downfall of the Derg, was a military campaign that resulted in the defeat of the ruling Marxist–Leninist military junta, the Derg...
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    Ethiopian Civil War (category Derg)
    military junta known as the Derg and Ethiopian-Eritrean anti-government rebels from 12 September 1974 to 28 May 1991. The Derg overthrew the Ethiopian Empire...
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    Workers' Party of Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991. He was the chairman of the Derg, the Marxist-Leninist military junta that governed Ethiopia, from 1977 to...
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  • This list details about chronological aspect of the Derg, the military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987 by decade. 12 January – Enlisted soldiers...
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  • In Irish mythology, Bodb Derg (Old Irish, pronounced [ˌboðβ ˈdʲeɾɡ]) or Bodhbh Dearg (Middle Irish and Modern Irish, pronounced [ˌbˠoːw ˈdʲaɾˠəɡ]) was...
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    Lough Derg, historically Lough Dergart (Irish: Loch Deirgeirt), is a freshwater lake in the Shannon River Basin, Ireland. It is the third-biggest on the...
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    Lough Derg or Loch Derg (Irish: Loch Dearg) is a lake in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. It is near the border with Northern Ireland and lies about...
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    Patrick's Purgatory is an ancient pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland. According to legend, the site dates from the fifth...
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    acting head of state of Ethiopia. Aman was also the first Chairman of the Derg. He was appointed to this position following the coup d'état that ousted...
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    romanized: ḳäy shəbbər), was a violent political repression campaign of the Derg against other competing Marxist-Leninist groups in Ethiopia and present-day...
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    the chairmen of the Derg, the leaders of the Derg, were to be considered as acting heads of state. On 21 March 1975, the Derg military junta abolished...
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    arrest for corruption and other crimes, three days later the Derg was announced. The Derg, which originally consisted of soldiers at the capital, broadened...
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  • Day in Ethiopia in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 14, 2021. "Derg Downfall Day in Ethiopia". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved 2016-11-03. "Ethiopia...
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  • state of Ethiopia from 1974 to 1977 in his role as second chairman of the Derg, the ruling military junta. His official title was Chairman of the Provisional...
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  • the Derg (Amharic: ደርግ የወደቀበት ቀን) is a national holiday in Ethiopia celebrated on 28 May in commemoration of the fall of communist military junta Derg by...
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    sovereignty was restored in 1944 after a period of military administration. The Derg, a Soviet-backed military junta, took power in 1974 after deposing Emperor...
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    was founded that same year as a vanguard party led by Derg chairman Mengistu Haile Mariam. The Derg was dissolved with the proclamation of the PDRE, but...
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    Derg Castle, also called Castlederg Castle, is a post-medieval ruined fortification, situated on the north bank of the River Derg, within the town of...
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    Castlederg (section Derg)
    Caisleán na Deirge, meaning 'castle on the Derg') is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Derg and is near the border with County Donegal...
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    sorts, and after the Derg acquired power United States President Jimmy Carter cut off all military aid to Ethiopia. Desperate, the Derg regime turned to the...
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    Lough Derg Yacht Club is a boat club based in the lakeside village of Dromineer in County Tipperary, Ireland. Founded in 1835, it is one of the world's...
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  • of the Derg, which officially removed him from the throne. The Derg renamed the palace the National Palace, which it still bears today. The Derg used this...
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    leader of the ruling Derg government, conflict began to develop between the two groups. MEISON initially aligned itself with the Derg, but fell out with...
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    in a later coup, he was proclaimed King (not Emperor) in absentia by the Derg on 12 September 1974 in an act which he never accepted as legitimate and...
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