Eritrea

 

 

 

...-700 BC                Yg'd Dynasty rule

500 BC - 700 AD           Part of Axum

1200 - 1557               Under Ethiopian suzerainty

1557 - 1813               Part of Ottoman Empire

1805 - 1848               Na'ibs of Arkiko de facto independent

1813 - 1826               Egyptian occupation

1826 - 1865               Ottoman rule restored

1865 - 1882               Part of Egypt (Red Sea province)

15 Nov 1869               Port of Assab purchased by Italy

1879 - 1890               Massawa under Ethiopian rule

06 Feb 1885               Massawa taken by Italy

09 Dec 1888               Assab and Massawa under Italian protectorate

01 Jan 1890               Italian colony of Eritrea

01 Jun 1936 - 19 May 1941 Part of Italian occupied Ethiopia

19 May 1941 - 19 Feb 1951 British occupation

19 Feb 1951 - 15 Sep 1952 UN supervision under Britain

15 Sep 1952 - 14 Nov 1962 Federation with Ethiopia

14 Nov 1962               Part of Ethiopia, autonomy revoked

29 May 1991               Provisional government (de facto independence)

24 May 1993 -             Independence, State of Eritrea

 

 

Kingdom Bahr-Negash

1557-1578 Yeshaq

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1680-1710 Musa

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179.-1793 Ahmed

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Na'ibs of Arikio

1805 - 1826               Idris 'Uthman

1826 - 1844               Yahya

1844 - 1845               Hasan

1845 - 1846               Mohammad

1846 - 1848               Isma'il Hakki Pasha

 

United Nations High Commissioner

19 Feb 1951 - 15 Sep 1952 Eduardo Anze Matienzo ......... 1902-1979 (Bolivia)

Governors-General (Imperial representatives to 1962)

15 Sep 1952 -    Dec 1959 Bitwoded Andargachew Messai

   Dec 1959 - 1964        Abiya Abebe ................... 1918-1974

       1964 -    Dec 1970 Prince Asrata-Medhin Kassa .... 1922-1974

   Dec 1970 - 29 Aug 1974 Debebe Haile Mariam ........... 19..-1974

12 Sep 1974 - 1979        Amanuel Amde-Mikael

1980 - 1983               Dawit Wolde Giorgis

       1983 - 18 May 1989 Afework Wolemikael

   Aug 1989 - 29 May 1991 Tesfaye Gebre Kidan ........... 1935-2004

Secretary-General of the Provisional Government

29 May 1991 - 24 May 1993 Isaias Afewerki ............... 1946-

President

24 May 1993 -             Isaias Afewerki

 

Chief Executives

15 Sep 1952 - 29 Jul 1955 Ato Tedla Bairu ............... 1914-1981

08 Aug 1955 - 14 Nov 1962 Asfaha Woldemikael ............ 1914-19..