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Eritrea, coat of arms
 
...-700 BC Yg'd Dynasty rule
500 BC - 700 AD Part of Axum
1200-1557 Under Ethiopian suzerainty
1557-1813 Part of Ottoman Empire
1805-1848 Na'ibs of Arkiko de facto independent
1813-1826 Egyptian occupation
1826-1865 Ottoman ruler restored
1865-1882 Part of Egypt (Red Sea province)
1869      Port of Assab purchased by Italy
1879-1890 Massawa under Ethiopian rule
1885      Massawa taken by Italy
1888-1889 Assab and Massawa under Italian protectorate
1890-1941 Italian colony of Eritrea
1936-1941 Part of Italian occupied Ethiopia
1941-1951 British occupation
1951-1952 UN supervision under Britain
1952-1962 Federation with Ethiopia
1962-1991 Part of Ethiopia, autonomy revoked
1991-1993 Provisional government (de facto independence)
1993-     Independence, State of Eritrea
 
Kingdom Bahr-Negash
1557-1578 Yeshaq
 
1680-1710 Musa
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179.-1793 Ahmed
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Na'ibs of Arikio
1805-1826 Idris 'Uthman
1826-1844 Yahya
1844-1845 Hasan
1845-1846 Mohammad
1846-1848 Isma'il Hakki Pasha
 
Chief Executives
15 Sep 1952 - 29 Jul 1955 Ato Tedla Bairu
08 Aug 1955 -    Dec 1959 Asfaha Woldemikael
   Dec 1959 - 14 Nov 1962 Abiya Abebe
Governors-General
14 Nov 1962 -        1964 Abiya Abebe
       1964 -    Dec 1970 Ras Asrata-Medhin Kassa
   Dec 1970 - 29 Aug 1974 Debebe Haile Mariam
29 Aug 1974 - 29 May 1991 Amanuel Amde-Mikael
 
Secretary-General of the Provisional Government
29 May 1991 - 24 May 1993 Isaias Afewerki
President
24 May 1993 -             Isaias Afewerki
 

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