Selassie is the last emperor of Ethiopia

One of the interesting facts about Haile Selassie is that he was the last emperor of the Empire, putting an end to Ethiopia's more than three thousand-year monarchies. A military coup ended his term. However, the last emperor was able to rule Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 as emperor and before that, from 1916 to 1930 as regent.

Haile Selassie played a very important role in the founding of the Organization of African Unity in 1963. His rule in Ethiopia continued until 1974, at which time famine and unemployment worsened and the political stagnation of the government caused military divisions to revolt. They deposed Haile Selassie, ended Haile Selassie's reign, and established a provisional military government, the Derg, that supported Marxist ideologies.

He was placed under house arrest in his palace, where he spent the rest of his life. On August 28, 1975, state media reported that Haile Selassie had died on August 27 of "respiratory failure" following complications from a prostate exam followed by an operation on the prostate gland, but evidence later emerged that he had been strangled on the orders of the military junta.