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The Crown Council of Ethiopia was the constitutional body which advised the reigning Emperor of Ethiopia (Amharic: ንጉሠ ነገሥት Nəgusä Nägäst) and acted on behalf of the Crown. The council’s members were appointed by the emperor.The Communist Derg deposed the last emperor Haile Selassie I on 12 September 1974 and dissolved the Council. Most members of the Council were imprisoned and executed including its president Prince Asrate Medhin Kassa.