He twice failed in his attempts to institute a flat tax based on land productivity due to the influence of powerful landowners.  A group of military officers known as the Derg accused this man of covering up a famine after they were dissatisfied with a new constitution written by this man.  In 1968, he declared that justice would not come to Africa as long as racism was ex
He twice failed in his attempts to institute a flat tax based on land productivity due to the influence of powerful landowners.  A group of military officers known as the Derg accused this man of covering up a famine after they were dissatisfied with a new constitution written by this man.  In 1968, he declared that justice would not come to Africa as long as racism was extant, but may be better known for a 1936 speech to the League of Nations in which he criticized their lack of action against Italy's invasion of his company.  For 10 points, name this son-in-law of Menelik II, the last emperor of Ethiopia.
He twice failed in his attempts to institute a flat tax based on land productivity due to the influence of powerful landowners.  
Haile {Selassie} I (accept Tafari {Makonnen})