WThe Government of Ethiopia is structured in a framework of a federal parliamentary republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. The prime minister is chosen by the parliament. Federal legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament. The Judiciary is more or less independent of the executive and the legislature. They are governed under the 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia. There is a bicameral parliament made of the 108-seat house of federation and the 547-seat House of Peoples Representatives. The house of federation has members chosen by the state assemblies to serve five year terms. The house of people's representatives are elected by direct election, who in turn elect the president for a six-year term.
WThe Council of Ministers is the cabinet of the Government of Ethiopia. Under the Constitution of Ethiopia, the Council of Ministers is the country's executive body.
WThe Crown Council of Ethiopia was the constitutional body within the Ethiopian Empire, which advised the reigning Emperor of Ethiopia. It also acted on behalf of the Crown. The council's members were appointed by the Emperor.
WThe Derg, officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership formally 'civilianized' the administration but stayed in power until 1991.
WThe Ethiopian passport is a travel document issued to citizens of Ethiopia for international travel. The document is a biometric machine-readable passport with a burgundy cover with the text "Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia" above the coat of arms, and the text "passport" below it in English and Amharic. The passport is valid for 5 years and contains 32 pages.
WThe Parliament of Ethiopia consists of two chambers:The House of Federation The House of Peoples' Representatives
WThe House of Federation is the upper house of the bicameral Federal Parliamentary Assembly, the parliament of Ethiopia. It has 112 members.
WThe House of Peoples' Representatives is the lower chamber of the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly, the legislative body of the country. Located in the capital Addis Ababa, the House has 547 members. All are elected in theory for five-year term in single-seat constituencies. The proceedings in the chamber are led by Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives.
WThis is a list of heads of government of Ethiopia since the formation of the post of Chief Minister of the Ethiopian Empire in 1909. Since 1909, there have been 3 chief ministers and 11 Prime Ministers and one was both Chief Minister and Prime Minister, making a total of 15 persons being or having been head of government.
WThis is a list of presidents of Ethiopia and also a list of heads of state after the fall of the Ethiopian Empire in 1974.
WThe National Archives and Library of Ethiopia, located in Addis Ababa, is the national library and archives of the country. The library was inaugurated in 1944 by Emperor Haile Selassie and began service with books donated by the emperor.
WThe National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) is an autonomous government agency which supervises the national elections of Ethiopia. The NEBE was established by Proclamation number 64/1992, and answers to the House of Peoples' Representatives.
WThe Shengo ("council"), officially the National Shengo, was the legislature of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) from 1987 to 1991.
WThe People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) was a communist state that existed in Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991.
WThe premiership of Meles Zenawi began in August 1995 following the 1995 Ethiopian general election and ended upon his death on 20 August 2012. Whilst serving as Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi concurrently served as the Leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).
WThe President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia is the head of state of Ethiopia. The position is largely a ceremonial one, with executive power vested in the Prime Minister. The current president is Sahle-Work Zewde, who took office on 25 October 2018. Presidents are elected by the House of Peoples' Representatives for six years, with a two term limit.
WThe Prime Minister of Ethiopia is the head of government and chief executive of Ethiopia. The Prime Minister is the most powerful figure in Ethiopian politics and is the commander-in-chief of the Ethiopian Armed Forces. The official residence of the prime minister, is national palace in Addis Ababa. Abiy Ahmed Ali (PhD) is the fourth Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Prime Minister since the new constitution formed the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. He has been accused of ethnic cleansing in the ongoing Civil war.
WThe Transitional Government of Ethiopia (TGE) was an era established immediately after the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) seized power from the Marxist-Leninist People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) in 1991. During the transitional period, Meles Zenawi served as the president of the TGE while Tamrat Layne was prime minister. Among other major shifts in the country's political institutions, it was under the authority of the TGE that the realignment of provincial boundaries on the basis of ethnolinguistic identity occurred. The TGE was in power until 1995, when it transitioned into the reconstituted Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia that remains today.
WVice president of Ethiopia was a political position in Ethiopia during the era of People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The new constitution which established presidency and vice presidency became effective on 12 Sept 1987. Both President and Vice President were elected by legislature.