Prime Minister of Ethiopia
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia is the head of the Ethiopian government and the most powerful figure in Ethiopian politics. Although the President of Ethiopia is the country's head of state, his powers are largely ceremonial, the constitution states that the Prime Minister has more power and serves as chief executive.
| Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia የኢ.ፌ.ዴ.ሪ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር | |
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 Emblem | |
| Residence | Menelik Palace, Addis Ababa |
| Appointer | President of Ethiopia |
| Term length | No term limit |
| Inaugural holder | Habte Giyorgis (Chief Minister) Makonnen Endelkachew (Prime Minister) |
| Formation | 1909 (Chief Minister) 1943 (Prime Minister) |
The official residence of the prime minister, is Menelik Palace in Addis Ababa. The current Prime Minister is Abiy Ahmed of EPRDF, the twelfth person to hold the position.
List of heads of government
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party (Coalition) |
Elected | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
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| 1 | 
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Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis Dinagde (1851–1926) |
1909 | 12 December 1926† | 16–17 years | Independent | — |
| 2 | 
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Ras Tafari Makonnen (1892–1975)[a] |
1927 | 1 May 1936 (Exiled) |
8–9 years | Independent | — |
| 3 | 
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Betwoded Wolde Tzaddick |
1 May 1936 | 14 May 1942 | 6 years, 13 days | Independent | — |
| 4 | 
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Ras Betwoded Makonnen Endelkachew (1890–1963) |
14 May 1942 | 27 November 1957 | 15 years, 197 days | Independent | — |
| 5 | 
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Ras Abebe Aregai (1903–1960) |
27 November 1957 | 17 December 1960† | 3 years, 20 days | Independent | 1957 |
| – | 
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Leul Ras Imru Haile Selassie (1892–1980) Acting[b] |
14 December 1960 | 17 December 1960 | 3 days | Independent | — |
| Vacant (17 December 1960 – 17 April 1961) | |||||||
| 6 | 
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Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold (1912–1974) |
17 April 1961 | 1 March 1974 (Resigned) |
12 years, 318 days | Independent | 1961 1965 1969 1973 |
| 7 | 
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Lij Endelkachew Makonnen (1927–1974) |
1 March 1974 | 22 July 1974 (Imprisoned by the Derg) |
143 days | Independent | — |
| Vacant (22 July 1974 – 3 August 1974) | |||||||
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Lij Mikael Imru (1929–2008) |
3 August 1974 | 12 September 1974 (Deposed by the Derg) |
40 days | Independent | — |
.svg){kind=small} • Derg (Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia) (1974–1987) • 
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| Post Abolished (12 September 1974 – 10 September 1987) | |||||||
.svg){kind=small} • People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991) • 
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| 9 |
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Fikre Selassie Wogderess (1945–2020) |
10 September 1987 | 8 November 1989 (Dismissed[1]) |
2 years, 59 days | WPE | 1987 |
| – |
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Hailu Yimenu (?–1991) Acting |
8 November 1989 | 26 April 1991 | 1 year, 169 days | WPE | — |
| – |
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Tesfaye Dinka (1939–2016) Acting |
26 April 1991 | 6 June 1991 (Deposed) |
41 days | WPE | — |
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| – | 
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Tamrat Layne (born 1955) Interim |
6 June 1991 | 22 August 1995 | 4 years, 77 days | ANDM (EPRDF) |
— |
 • Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1995–present) •
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| 10 | 
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Meles Zenawi (1955–2012) |
23 August 1995 | 20 August 2012† | 16 years, 363 days | TPLF (EPRDF) |
1995 2000 2005 2010 |
| 11 | 
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Hailemariam Desalegn (born 1965) |
20 August 2012 | 2 April 2018 | 5 years, 225 days | SEPDM (EPRDF) |
2015 |
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Abiy Ahmed (born 1976) |
2 April 2018 | Incumbent | 6 years, 272 days | ODP (EPRDF) Prosperity |
2021 |
- ↑ From 2 April 1930, Emperor Haile Selassie I.
- ↑ In rebellion during the 1960 coup d'état attempt.
References
- ↑ "Minutes of the 106th Regular Meeting of the Politburo," 5 November 1989, cited in Gebru Tareke, The Ethiopian Revolution: War in the Horn of Africa (New Haven: Yale University, 2009), p. 143.
