Flag Of Ethiopia During Derg

The derg borrowed its ideology from competing marxist parties all of which arose from the student movement.

Flag of ethiopia during derg. War ensign of the imperial ethiopian navy 1974 1975. The emblem is intended to represent both the diversity and unity of the country. This flag appeared on the most common postage stamps even for years after the overthrow of the socialist government in 1991.

Opposition to the reign of the derg was the cause of the ethiopian civil war this conflict began as extralegal violence between 1975 and 1977 known as the red terror when the derg struggled for authority first with various opposition groups then with a variety of groups jockeying for the role of vanguard party though human rights violations were committed by both. Green symbolizes the land and its fertility yellow for peace and harmony between ethiopia s various ethnic and religious groups and red represents power or african blood spilled in defence of the land. The five pointed star and rays over a cogwheel is surrounded by a wreath of green leaves. Flags of ethiopia the flag of ethiopia consists of three equal horizontal stripes the top stripe is green.

In recent years the government of ethiopia has taken a conscious effort to increase the usage of the flag with the emblem which had been seen far less than the plain tricolour. Each ethiopian regimes from emperor menelik to emperor haile selassie and from the derg regime to the tplf regime adopted their own insignia and emblems and inscribed it on the ethiopian flag. Only the ratio size was different. Among its many supporters is the ethiopian orthodox church.

The derg also spelled dergue. The current national flag and emblem were adopted after the defeat of ethiopia s marxist derg regime in power from 1974 to 1991. Let s stop confusing the ethiopian flag with the insignia and emblems of ethiopia s changing regimes. One of them the ethiopian people s revolutionary party eprp believed so strongly in civilian rule that it undertook urban guerrilla war against the military rulers and anarchy ensued in the following years.

This flag is still widely supported by a great many ethiopians who believe that this should be the official flag of ethiopia. The official flag under the derg 1975 1987 essentially the imperial flag without the lion. Flag of ethiopia 1974 1975 modified after haile selassie s overthrow by removing the crown from the lion s head and by changing the cross tip to a spear point. Ethiopia ethiopia socialist ethiopia 1974 91.

And the bottom stripe is red. Blue represents peace the star represents diversity and unity and the sun s rays symbolise prosperity. The middle is yellow. Derg party badge c.

Dergii officially the provisional military government of socialist ethiopia refers to the military junta that ruled ethiopia from 1974 to 1987. After the fall of the communist derg regime the transitional government of ethiopia went back to using the blank tri color flag.