1960 in Ethiopia

Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	Other events of 1960; Timeline of Ethiopian history

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Ethiopia.

Incumbents

July 10 - The Eritrean Liberation Front was founded, with the goal of liberating Eritrea from the rule of Ethiopia.^[1]

December 13 - While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia was visiting Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard staged a coup d'etat, taking many of the Imperial staff hostage, including Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, who was proclaimed as King (rather than Emperor). The coup failed within a few days, and Haile Selassie reigned as emperor until another coup in 1974.^[2]

^ David H. Shinn and Thomas P. Ofcansky, Historical Dictionary of Ethiopia (Scarecrow Press, 2004) p141
^ Saheed A. Adejumobi, The History of Ethiopia (Greenwood Press, 2006) p102

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