# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mengistu-neway
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:12:57.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mengistu-neway"
name: "Mengistu Neway"
slug: "mengistu-neway"
description: "Mengistu Neway was an Ethiopian military officer and commander of the Imperial Guard during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie. He is noted for being one of the early dissidents of the Emperor's regime and for organizing the 1960 coup attempt with his younger brother Germame Neway, for which he was sentenced to death."
tagline: "Ethiopian commander and 1960 Ethiopian coup d'etat perpetrator (1919–1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mengistu_Neway.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1919"
deathDate: "1961-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.79
  momentum:             5.127236488365624
  historical:           7.023652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Menghistu_Neway"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%98%E1%8A%95%E1%8C%8D%E1%88%A5%E1%89%B1_%E1%8A%95%E1%8B%8B%E1%8B%AD"
    title: "መንግሥቱ ንዋይ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mengistu_Neway"
    title: "Mengistu Neway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mengistu_Neway"
    title: "Mengistu Neway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mengystu_Nyuaj"
    title: "Mengystu Nyuaj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mengistsu_Neway"
    title: "Mengistsu Neway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%97%A8%E5%90%89%E6%96%AF%E5%9B%BE%C2%B7%E7%BA%BD%E5%A8%81"
    title: "门吉斯图·纽威"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mengistu_Neway"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4978665"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump