Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) is a political party in Ethiopia. At the last legislative elections, 15 May 2005, the party was the main part of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, that won 327 out of 527 seats.[1]
In the August 2005 Regional assembly elections, the party won all 152 seats in the Tigray Region.[2]
[edit] History
TPLF began as the armed force that together with Eritrean People's Liberation Front fought against the authoritarian Marxist regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam. Members of the TPLF include: Meles Zenawi (the President), Seeye Abraha (its leader during the civil war) Sara Abraham (behind-the-scenes member), Tadesse Gebregzabier, Haftom Abraha, Gebrezgi Alemayahu (passed), and Weyen (passed).
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[edit] Further reading
- Kahsay Berhe: Ethopia: Democratization and Unity: The Role of the Tigray's People Liberation Front, Münster 2005 ISBN 3-86582-137-5
- Jenny Hammond: Fire From the Ashes: A Chronicle of the Revolution in Tigray, Ethiopia, 1975-1991. Lawrenceville 1999 ISBN 1-56902-087-6
- John Young: Peasant Revolution in Ethiopia: the Tigray People's Liberation Front, Cambridge 1997. ISBN 0-521-59198-8
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