The following lists events that happened during
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
in
Ethiopia.
Incumbents
*
Emperor:
Haile Selassie I (until 12 September),
Amha Selassie (starting 12 September)
*
Prime Minister:
** until 1 March:
Aklilu Habte-Wold
** 1 March-22 July:
Endelkachew Makonnen
** 22 July-3 August: vacant
** 3 August-12 September:
Mikael Imru
** starting 12 September: post abolished
Events
Ethiopian Revolution
* 12 January – the Ethiopian Revolution begun when Ethiopian soldiers rebelled in
Negele Borana.
* 18 February – Nationwide protests surged in Addis Ababa by students, teachers, workers, taxi drivers and white collar workers.
*28 April – by order of Haile Selassie asked Prime Minister Aklilu Habte-Wold to resign from office and instead installed liberal aristocrat Endelkachew Mekonnen as the new Prime Minister.
* June – the Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, also known as the
Derg
The Derg (also spelled Dergue; , ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership formally " c ...
, established to seize the power of the emperor.
* 22 July – Endalkachew resigned replaced by Mikael Imru, a progressive aristocrat.
* 1 August – Endalkachew was arrested by the Derg.
* 12 September – Coup d'état of Haile Selassie resulted his imprisonment at
National Palace in
Addis Ababa, stayed until his death on 27 August 1975.
Deaths
* 23 November -
**
Aklilu Habte-Wold
**
Akale Work Hapte-Wold
**
Aman Mikael Andom
**
Endelkachew Makonnen
References
{{Year in Africa, 1974
Ethiopia
1970s in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Years of the 20th century in Ethiopia