Consolidation of Derg rule
A leader of Ethiopia’s Derg, the military committee emerging from the 1974 revolution. He consolidated predominance after the 1977 power struggle and led military and party-state institutions. Land reform and state-led development proceeded amid political repression and prolonged war.
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State and economic-policy context
A leader of Ethiopia’s Derg, the military committee emerging from the 1974 revolution. He consolidated predominance after the 1977 power struggle and led military and party-state institutions. Land reform and state-led development proceeded amid political repression and prolonged war.
Nationalization did not immediately turn every farmer into a state-farm employee. Household farming, peasant associations, cooperatives and state farms were distinct. Different tenure systems meant that southern tenants and northern holders of customary rights experienced reform differently.