List of Presidents of Ethiopia

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This is a list of Presidents of Ethiopia and also a list of Heads of State after the fall of the Ethiopian Empire in 1974.

Until 1974, the Heads of State were Representatives of the Ethiopian Empire, often Emperors or Regents. Following the Coup d'État of the Derg leading to the fall of the Empire in September 1974 until March 1975, the Derg considered the Ethiopian Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen Haile Selassie as 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. After 21 March 1975, the Derg military junta fully took over. All following Derg Chairmen until the establishment of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1987, still dominated by Derg figures, have to be considered Heads of State – but not Presidents of Ethiopia. After the fall of the Derg and the establishment of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia in 1991, the first following 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 of Ethiopia. The current President is Mulatu Teshome, elected in 2013.

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.

Name Portrait Birth–Death Elected Took office Left office Political party
(Coalition)
• Derg (Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia) (1974–1987) •
— Aman Mikael Andom
Acting Head of State		 1924–1974 — 12 September 1974 17 November 1974
(Resigned)		 Military
— Mengistu Haile Mariam
Acting Head of State		 1937– — 17 November 1974 28 November 1974 Military
— Tafari Benti 1921–1977 — 28 November 1974
(Acting Head of State
28 Nov 1974–21 Mar 1975)		 3 February 1977
(Assassinated)		 Military
— Mengistu Haile Mariam 1937– — 3 February 1977
(Acting Head of State
3–11 Feb 1977)		 10 September 1987 Military /
COPWE /
WPE
• People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991) •
1 Mengistu Haile Mariam 1937– 1987 10 September 1987 21 May 1991
(Resigned)		 WPE
2 Tesfaye Gebre Kidan
Acting President		 1935–2004 — 21 May 1991 28 May 1991
(Deposed)		 WPE
• Transitional Government of Ethiopia (1991–1995) •
3 Meles Zenawi
Interim President		 1955–2012 — 27 May 1991 22 August 1995 TPLF
(EPRDF)
• Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1995–present) •
4 Negasso Gidada 1943– 1995 22 August 1995 8 October 2001 ODP
(EPRDF)[1]
5 Girma Wolde-Giorgis 1924– 2001
2007		 8 October 2001 7 October 2013 Independent
6 Mulatu Teshome 1955– 2013 7 October 2013 Incumbent
(mandate expires on 7 October 2019)		 ODP
(EPRDF)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Expelled from both the OPDO and the EPRDF coalition on 22 June 2001

See also

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