Historical figures in Addis Ababa
The atlas holds 18 people and 37 moments here, from 1930 to 2020. The most recorded lives are Haile Selassie, Abebe Bikila and Muhammadu Buhari. Among them Political Leaders, Educators and Engineers and Inventors, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Abebe Bikila
from 1951 to 1973
6 moments here
Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…
Bingu wa Mutharika
in 2010
1 moment here
Malawian economist and politician who served as Malawi's third president from 2004 until his death in office in 2012.…
Edgar Lungu
from 2015 to 2017
3 moments here
Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a Zambian lawyer and politician who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021.…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
from 1963 to 1966
2 moments here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
Haile Selassie
from 1930 to 1975
7 moments here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Hosni Mubarak
in 1995
1 moment here
Egyptian military officer and politician who served as president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011.…
Idriss Déby
in 2016
1 moment here
Chadian military officer and politician who led the Patriotic Salvation Movement to power in December 1990 and served as Chad's president from 1991…
John Magufuli
in 2017
1 moment here
John Pombe Joseph Magufuli was a Tanzanian chemist and politician who served as Tanzania’s fifth president from 5 November 2015 until his death in…
Julius Nyerere
in 1960
1 moment here
Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…
Li Keqiang
in 2014
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Luísa Diogo
in 2014
1 moment here
Mozambican economist and FRELIMO politician who served as Minister of Planning and Finance and as Mozambique’s first female prime minister, from 2004…
Mohamed Morsi
in 2012
1 moment here
Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Muammar Gaddafi
from 2009 to 2010
2 moments here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Muhammadu Buhari
from 2016 to 2020
3 moments here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1962
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Olav V
in 1966
1 moment here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Thomas Sankara
from 1984 to 1987
2 moments here
Burkinabé army officer and revolutionary political leader who became president of Upper Volta after the 4 August 1983 coup and led Burkina Faso until…
Trần Đại Quang
in 2018
2 moments here
Vietnamese police general and politician who served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016 and as President of Vietnam from April 2016…
Moments
- 1930 Imperial coronation Haile Selassie
- 1941 Restoration in Addis Ababa Haile Selassie
- 1951 Move to Addis Ababa and Imperial Guard service Abebe Bikila
- 1956 Armed Forces championship Abebe Bikila
- 1960 Homecoming parade after Rome Abebe Bikila
- 1960 Conference of independent African states Julius Nyerere
- 1960 First marathon victory Abebe Bikila
- 1960 Olympic-trials victory Abebe Bikila
- 1961 United Nations Economic Commission for Africa session Haile Selassie
- 1962 Addresses PAFMECSA in Ethiopia Nelson Mandela
- 1963 OAU founding summit Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1966 State visit to Ethiopia Olav V
- 1966 Fourth OAU Summit Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1972 United Nations Security Council meeting Haile Selassie
- 1973 Death in Addis Ababa Abebe Bikila
- 1974 House arrest at the Grand Palace Haile Selassie
- 1974 Initial imprisonment after deposition Haile Selassie
- 1975 Death at Jubilee Palace Haile Selassie
- 1984 OAU summit participation Thomas Sankara
- 1987 OAU debt speech Thomas Sankara
- 1995 OAU conference convoy attack Hosni Mubarak
- 2009 African Union chairmanship summit Muammar Gaddafi
- 2010 Assumption of African Union chairmanship Bingu wa Mutharika
- 2010 African Union summit in Addis Ababa Muammar Gaddafi
- 2012 African Union summit Mohamed Morsi
- 2014 African Union headquarters visit Li Keqiang
- 2014 African Union Panel of the Wise meeting Luísa Diogo
- 2015 African Union summit Edgar Lungu
- 2016 African Union heads of state summit Edgar Lungu
- 2016 Election as African Union chairperson Idriss Déby
- 2016 African Union summit Muhammadu Buhari
- 2017 African Union summit Edgar Lungu
- 2017 African Union summit John Magufuli
- 2018 African Union anti-corruption recognition Muhammadu Buhari
- 2018 State visit to Ethiopia Trần Đại Quang
- 2018 Visit to African Union headquarters Trần Đại Quang
- 2020 African Union summit Muhammadu Buhari