- Hailu Yimenu
Haile Yimenu (died
May 26 ,1991 ) was acting prime minister of thePeople's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia fromNovember 8 1989 until May 1991.In May 1991, after hearing of
Mengistu Haile Mariam 's fall from power, he fled to the Italian embassy inAddis Ababa , along with Lieutenant GeneralTesfaye Gebre Kidan , Foreign MinisterBerhanu Bayeh and Chief of General StaffAdis Tedla . He was succeeded byTesfaye Dinka .While the other two remained at the embassy for years, Hailu committed suicide on
May 26 1991, after only a short time in the embassy compound.Following the death of General Tesfaye thirteen years later on
June 2 2004 , rumors began to circulate caused by the embassy's lack of detail on the death of both General Tesfaye and Haile's earlier suicide. The Ethiopian government demanded Italian records on the incidents during that month.
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