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Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement
The Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) (), formerly known as the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), was a political party in Ethiopia. The party was one of four members of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) that ruled Ethiopia at the time. In 2012, the party chairman was Demeke Mekonnen, who replaced Addisu Legesse in 2010. In November 2019, prime minister Abiy Ahmed, holding the role of EPRDF chair, unified the constituent parties of the coalition into a new party called Prosperity Party. History The Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (EPDM), the precursor of ANDM, was founded by former members of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) and supported by the Tigray People's Liberation Front, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF). It was originally based in Wag Hemra Zone, Waghimra in Wollo Province, and waged an armed struggle against the Derg in that area starting in 1982. EPDM convened its first organizational conference in Jerb ...
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Demeke Mekonnen
Demeke Mekonnen Hassen (; born 27 September 1963) is an Ethiopian politician who was Prime Minister of Ethiopia#Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia from 2012 to 2024, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ethiopia), Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2020 to 2024 and former vice-president of the Prosperity Party. He previously served as chairman of the Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) and deputy chair of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) until the dissolution of the two in December 2019. Life and education Demeke was born in the Gojjam, Gojjam Province of Ethiopian Empire, Ethiopia and later was resettled to the Chagni district during the Derg's Resettlement and villagization in Ethiopia, resettlement program. He is a Muslim Amhara people, Amhara. Demeke was sent to a high school in Feres Bet, a town located in the present day Dega Damot woreda in Mirab Gojjam Zone. Later he joined the Addis Ababa University and studied Biology in ...
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Wag Hemra Zone
Wag Hemra (Amharic: ዋግ ኽምራ) is a Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Its name is a combination of the former province of Wag, and the dominant local ethnic group, the Kamyr (or "Hemra") Agaw. Wag Hemra is bordered on the south by Semien Wollo, on the southwest by Debub (South) Gondar, on the west by Semen (North) Gondar, and on the north and east by the Tigray Region. Towns in Wag Hemra include Soqota. Demographics Based on the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), this Zone has a total population of 426,213, an increase of 54.64% over the 1994 census, of whom 213,845 are men and 212,368 women. With an area of 9,039.04 square kilometers, Wag Hemra has a population density of 47.15; 29,951 or 7.03% are urban inhabitants. A total of 102,098 households were counted in this Zone, which results in an average of 4.17 persons to a household, and 98,222 housing units. The three largest ethnic groups reported in Wag Hemra were the ...
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Political Parties Disestablished In 2019
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Factions Of The Ethiopian Civil War
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Ethnic Political Parties In Ethiopia
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Defunct Political Parties In Ethiopia
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2019 Disestablishments In Ethiopia
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1982 Establishments In Ethiopia
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Melfa (Dogu'a Tembien)
Melfa is a ''tabiya'' or municipality in the Degua Tembien, Dogu'a Tembien district of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia and ancient capital of History of Tembien, Tembien. The ''tabia'' centre is Melfa village itself, located approximately 3 km to the west of the ''woreda'' town Hagere Selam (Degua Tembien), Hagere Selam. Geography The ''tabia'' stretches down from the ridge at 2700 m a.s.l. towards Zelekwa/Ruba Dirho River (2150 m a.s.l.). Geology From the higher to the lower locations, the following geological formations are present: * Alaji Basalts, Upper basalt * Intra-volcanic sedimentary rock in North Ethiopia, Interbedded lacustrine deposits * Ashangi Basalts, Lower basalt * Amba Aradam Formation * Antalo Limestone Geomorphology and soils The main geomorphic unit is the Hagere Selam Highlands. Corresponding soil types are: * Associated soil types ** shallow soils with high stone contents (Skeletic Cambisol, Leptic Cambisol, Skeletic Regosol) ** moderately deep d ...
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Derg
The Derg or Dergue (, ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when they formally "Civil government, civilianized" the administration although remained in power until 1991. The Derg was established on 21 June 1974 as the Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police and Territorial Army, by junior and mid level officers of the Army of the Ethiopian Empire, Imperial Ethiopian Army and members of the Law enforcement in Ethiopia, police. The officers decided everything collectively at first, and selected Mengistu Haile Mariam to chair the proceedings. On 12 September 1974, the Derg 1974 Ethiopian coup d'état, overthrew the Government of the Ethiopian Empire, government of the Ethiopian Empire and Emperor Haile Selassie during nationwide mass protests, and three days later formally renamed itself the Provisional Military Administrative Council. In March ...
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Wollo Province
Wollo (Amharic: ወሎ) was a historical province of northern Ethiopia. During the Middle Ages this province name was Bete Amhara and it was the centre of the Solomonic emperors. Bete Amhara had an illustrious place in Ethiopian political and cultural history. It was the center of the Solomonic Dynasty established by Emperor Yekuno Amlak around Lake Hayq in 1270. Bete Amhara was bounded on the west by the Abbay, on the south by the river Wanchet, on the north by the Bashilo River and on the east by the Escarpment that separate it from the Afar Desert. The original Wollo province was mainly only the area of modern-day South Wollo. But in the 1940s, under Emperor Haile Selassie, administration changes were made and provinces such as Lasta, Angot (now known as Raya), and parts of Afar lands were incorporated into Wollo. History Today's Wollo was long the center of Ethiopia (half under Agew/ Zagwe and half under the Solomonic leadership). The people of Amhara and ...
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