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1973 Ethiopian General Election
General elections were held in Ethiopia between 23 June and 7 July 1973, to elect all 250 members of the Imperial Parliament of Ethiopia, Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Imperial Parliament of Ethiopia, Imperial Parliament (the upper house, the Senate, consisted of 125 senators appointed by the Emperor of Ethiopia, Emperor). These were the last elections to be held under Ethiopian Empire, imperial rule in Ethiopia.Cowen, Michael, and Liisa Laakso. Multi-Party Elections in Africa'. New York: Palgrave, 2001. pp. 62-63 The elections were called after the parliament elected in 1969 was dissolved. Prior to the dissolution of the old parliament, the Emperor Haile Selassie had put forward a proposal for Land reform in Ethiopia, land reform, including a new system of land taxation. Since no political parties were allowed per the 1955 Constitution of Ethiopia, 1955 constitution, only Independent politician, independent candidates contested the polls. All Ethiopian citizens aged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east and northeast, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia has a total area of . As of 2022, it is home to around 113.5 million inhabitants, making it the 13th-most populous country in the world and the 2nd-most populous in Africa after Nigeria. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates. Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period. Southwestern Ethiopia has been proposed as a possible homeland of the Afroasiatic langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |