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(, "Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia be first") was the national anthem of
Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
from 1975 to 1992, during the
Derg The Derg or Dergue (, ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when they formally "Civil government, civilianized" the ...
military junta of
Mengistu Haile Mariam Mengistu Haile Mariam (, pronunciation: ; born 21 May 1937) is an Ethiopian former politician, revolutionary, and military officer who served as the head of state of Ethiopia from 1977 to 1991. He was General Secretary of the Workers' Party o ...
. The anthem was first performed on
Revolution Day Revolution Day or the Day of the Revolution refers to public holidays or remembrance days in various countries held in commemoration of an important event in the country's history, usually the starting point or a turning point in a revolution that ...
on 12 September 1975. When the junta was reorganized in 1987 as the
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE; ) was a socialist state that existed in Ethiopia and present-day Eritrea from 1987 to 1991. The PDRE was established in February 1987 as a Marxism-Leninism, Marxist-Leninist one-party state upo ...
, the song was retained until 1992. The lyrics were written by poet
Assefa Gebre-Mariam Tesema Assefa Gebre-Mariam Tessema (also spelt Gebremariam, Tesema; born 1936) is an Ethiopian poet and academic. He wrote the national anthem of Ethiopia from 1975 to 1992, Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia be first. , he was working as a teacher in Kaffa ...
, and the music was composed by musician Daniel Yohannes Haggos.


Lyrics


See also

* March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia, the current national anthem


Notes


References

{{National anthems of Africa Historical national anthems Ethiopian songs National symbols of Ethiopia