This is a list of

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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 ...

and also a list of heads of state after the fall of the

Ethiopian Empire The Ethiopian Empire (), also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or just simply known as Ethiopia (; Amharic and Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ , , Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: ''Itiyoophiyaa''), was an empire that historica ...

in 1974. Until 1974, the heads of state of the Ethiopian Empire were either

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or regents. From the

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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 " ...

leading to the fall of the empire in September 1974 until March 1975, the Derg considered the crown prince Asfaw Wossen (later regnal name

Amha Selassie Amha Selassie (Amharic: አምሃ ሥላሴ; Āmiha Šilasē; born Asfaw Wossen Tafari; 27 July 191617 January 1997) was Emperor-in-exile of Ethiopia. As son of Haile Selassie I, he was Crown Prince and was proclaimed Emperor three times. He w ...

) as the king (not emperor) and the nominal ''head of state'' – which the crown prince refused to accept. During this time, the ''chairmen of the Derg'', the leaders of the Derg, were to be considered as ''acting heads of state''. On 21 March 1975, the ''Derg military junta'' abolished the monarchy and fully took over. Until the establishment of the

People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE) () was a socialist state that existed in Ethiopia and present day Eritrea from 1987 to 1991. The PDRE was established in February 1987 as a Marxist-Leninist one-party state upon the adoption ...

in 1987, still dominated by Derg figures, chairmen of the Derg have to be considered ''heads of state'' – but not ''presidents''. After the fall of the Derg and the establishment of the

Transitional Government of Ethiopia The 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. ...

in 1991, the first immediate president ( Meles Zenawi) has to be considered an ''Interim President''. Since the formal establishment of the office of president in 1987, there have been 6 official presidents. The president is the

head of state A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and ...

of Ethiopia. The current president is Sahle-Work Zewde, who is also the first female president of Ethiopia,

elected Elected may refer to: * "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973 * ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008 *The Elected, an American indie rock band See also *Election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population ...

on 25 October 2018 by members of the

Federal Parliamentary Assembly The Federal Parliamentary Assembly ( am, የፌዴራል ፓርላማ ምክር ቤት, Ye-Fēdēralawī Parilama Mikir Bēt) is Ethiopia's federal legislature. It consists of two chambers: *The House of Federation (upper chamber) *The House ...

List

In the list, the ''chairmen of the Derg'' are considered to be ''heads of state'' – but are not considered to be president. Consequently, the numbering starts with the first establishment of the office of the ''president of Ethiopia'' in 1987.

Timeline

Notes

References

External links

World Statesmen – Ethiopia
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Presidents Of Ethiopia

Presidents of Ethiopia President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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