The Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic Forces (abbreviated COEDF) was a political coalition in Ethiopia, formed by former arch-rivals MEISON and the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party during the final phase of the

Derg The Derg (also spelled Dergue; , ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership formally " c ...

regime. Marsa Yosef (a key EPRP leader) served as the chairman of COEDF. During the transitional period after the fall of the Derg, TPLF and EPRDF excluded COEDF from the Council of Representatives. Notably COEDF lacked any military force of its own as a means of pressure.Merera Gudina. ''Ethiopia: From Autocracy to Revolutionary Democracy, 1960s-2011''. Addis Ababa: .n. 2011. p. 69

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Defunct left-wing political party alliances Defunct political party alliances in Ethiopia Factions of the Ethiopian Civil War Rebel groups in Ethiopia {{Ethiopia-party-stub