Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, falls to the forces of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) on May 28, 1991, marking the end of the 17 year rule of the Derg regime, a Marxist military junta that had ruled Ethiopia since 1974.
A new regime was established by the coalition of four ethnically based parties. The founding and most influential member was the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), led by Meles Zenawi, who was the prime minister of Ethiopia until his death in 2012.
