Haile Selassie attempted to modernize the country through a series of political and social reforms, including the introduction of the 1931 constitution, its first written constitution, and the abolition of slavery. 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. Haile Selassie 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 rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia ( Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. Haile Selassie I ( Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, romanized: Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, Amharic pronunciation: i born Täfäri Mäkonnän 23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974.
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