Editing Emperor (section)

==Africa==

===Ethiopia===
{{Main|Emperor of Ethiopia}}
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[[File:Haile Selassie Portrait.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Haile Selassie]], last [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] who ruled from 1930 to 1974]]
From 1270 the [[Solomonic dynasty]] of [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]] used the title {{transliteration|am|Nəgusä Nägäst}}, literally "King of Kings". The use of the ''king of kings'' style began a millennium earlier in this region, however, with the title being used by the kings of [[Kingdom of Aksum|Aksum]], beginning with [[Sembrouthes]] in the 3rd century.

Another title used by this dynasty was {{transliteration|am|Itegue Zetopia}}. {{transliteration|am|Itegue}} translates as Empress, and was used by the only reigning empress, [[Zewditu]], along with the official title {{transliteration|am|Negiste Negest}} ("Queen of Kings").

In 1936, the Italian king [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy|Victor Emmanuel III]] claimed the title of emperor after Ethiopia was occupied by Italy during the [[Second Italo-Abyssinian War]]. After the defeat of the Italians by the British and the Ethiopians in 1941, [[Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia|Haile Selassie]] was restored to the throne but Victor Emmanuel did not relinquish his claim until 1943, even though he had no standing to the title.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Vadala|first=Alexander Attilio|date=2011-01-01|title=Elite Distinction and Regime Change: The Ethiopian Case|url=http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/156913311x590664|journal=Comparative Sociology|volume=10|issue=4|pages=636–653|doi=10.1163/156913311X590664|issn=1569-1330}}</ref>

The current head of the Solomonic dynasty is [[Zera Yacob Amha Selassie]].

===Central African Empire===
{{Main|Emperor of Central Africa}}
In 1976, President [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]] of the [[Central African Republic]], proclaimed the country to be an autocratic [[Central African Empire]], and made himself Emperor as Bokassa I. The expenses of his coronation ceremony actually bankrupted the country. He was overthrown three years later and the republic was restored.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/headsofstatesgov00lent|title=Heads of states and governments: a worldwide encyclopedia of over 2,300 leaders, 1945 through 1992|last=Lentz|first=Harris M|date=1994-01-01|publisher=McFarland|isbn=0899509266|location=Jefferson, N.C.|language=en|url-access=registration}}</ref>