Eritrean People's Liberation Front
The Eritrean People's Liberation Front ( Tigrinya ህዝባዊ ደሞክራስያዊ ግንባር ኤርትራ, ህደግኤ , Arabic الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير إريتريا, Italian Fronte Popolare di Liberazione Eritreo , English Eritrean People's Liberation Front , EPLF ) was an armed group that fought for the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia .
The People's Front for Democracy and Justice emerged from the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, and since then it has been the only approved party to form the Eritrean government.
development
It split off in 1970 as a Christian-dominated wing from the Muslim / Christian-dominated Eritrean Liberation Front ( ELF ) (both groups were officially Marxist-oriented). From 1972 to 1974 the two organizations were in a state similar to civil war. After the EPLF withdrew to the Sahel region in 1978 , the resurgent conflict between the two groups led the ELF to withdraw to the neighboring Sudanese country.
In 1988 the EPLF began its offensive south. With the help of the Ethiopian opposition and the People's Liberation Front of Tigray (TPLF; today's government in Ethiopia), some important victories over the Ethiopian military were achieved in early 1991 . On May 24, 1991 , the EPLF took Eritrea's capital Asmara , ending the war of independence. A special feature of the EPLF was equality within the organization. About 30% of the fighters were women.
General Secretaries
The General Secretaries of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) were:
| General Secretaries | Start of office | End of office |
|---|---|---|
| Isayas Afewerki | 1971 | 1977 |
| Romedan Mohammed Nur | 1977 | 1987 |
| Isayas Afewerki | 1987 | 1994 |
See also
literature
- Elisabeth Furrer-Kresi, Hans Furrer u. a .: Handbook Eritrea. Past and present of a conflict. Rio Verlag, Zurich 1990, ISBN 3952005916
- Senait G. Mehari : Fireheart . Droemer Knaur , Munich 2004, ISBN 3426273411