Founded in April 1972, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) was a prominent Marxist-Leninist organization in Ethiopia during the 1970s. It is also known as "Ihapa" from the acronym in Amharic (yäItyop'ya Həzbawi Abyotawi Party የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ). Both it and the All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement (MEISON) were enthusiastic Communist supporters of the Ethiopian revolution that toppled Emperor Haile Selassie I and abolished the monarchy in 1974. However, following the rise of Mengistu Haile Mariam to power as chairman of the ruling Derg, the military junta that had taken control of Ethiopia, ideological conflict developed between the two groups, with the EPRP accusing Mengistu of possessing a fascist ideology and engaging in assassinations and terrorist attacks against Derg leaders and supporters.
Today, although its membership is entirely amongst the exile community of the Ethiopian diaspora, the EPRP is a member of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces.
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