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Biography
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. He is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that 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.
Awards & recognition
- United Nations Peace Medal · 1972
- Collar of the Order of Charles III · 1971
- Collar of the Order of the White Lion · 1959
- Order of Suvorov, 1st class · 1959
- Hilal-e-Pakistan · 1958
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- Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 1954
- Knight Grand Cross of the Military Order of William · 1954
- Knight of the Order of the Elephant · 1954
- Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath · 1924
- Knight of the Seraphim · 1924
- Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX
- Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Tower and Sword
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Condor of the Andes
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru
- Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders
- Grand Star of the Decoration — Services to the Republic of Austria
- honorary doctor of the University of Bonn
- Knight Grand Cross of the Colonial Order of the Star of Italy
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Knight grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy
- Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Knight of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
- Order of Propitious Clouds
- Order of the Eagle of Zambia
- Order of the Nile
- Order of the Star of Romania
- Order of the White Eagle
- Order of the White Rose of Finland
- Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star
- The honorary doctor of Lebanese University
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1964 · nominated
- Nobel Peace Prize · 1938 · nominated
