...-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 U.N 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 - 12 Feb 1964 Abiya Abebe ................... 1918-1974
12 Feb 1964 - 04 Dec 1970 Prince Asrata-Medhin Kassa .... 1922-1974
04 Dec 1970 - 29 Aug 1974 Debebe Haile Mariam ........... 19..-1974
29 Aug - 12 Sep 1974 Amanuel Amde-Mikael
1974 - 1975 Tafari Bente .................. 1921-1977
1975 - 1976 Getachew Nadew
1979 - 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 ............. 1914-1974
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