ቀዳማዊ ኃይለ ሥላሴ | Haile Selassie I Negusa Nagast Defender of the Faith ✨🤴🏾
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Emperor of Ethiopia, was born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975) the Emperor was appointed from 1930 to 1974 by the orthodox church and his people (Ethiopian). He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. Haile Selassie is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica which emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba.