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A presidential election was held in Ethiopia on 7 October 2024 to elect its next president. [1] Diplomat and outgoing minister of foreign affairs Taye Atske Selassie was elected without contest to a six-year term amid tensions between former president Sahle-Work Zewde and prime minister Abiy Ahmed. [2]
This national electoral calendar for 2024 lists the national/federal elections held in 2024 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
The new chair will be elected at the 38th AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in February 2025 by the AU Assembly via a secret ballot. [ 2 ] Past chairpersons have hailed from western, central and southern regions of the African Union .
Under the current constitution, Ethiopia conducts local, regional, and federal elections. At the federal level, Ethiopia elects a legislature.The Federal Parliamentary Assembly has two chambers: the House of People's Representatives (ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet) with not more than 550 members as per the constitution but actually nearly 547 members, elected for ...
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission published a statement explaining the rights violations and calling on the administration to lift the restrictions. [15] [16] March 18 – Finance minister stated that minimum of USD20 billion is needed to rebuild the devastated northern part of Ethiopia which includes the Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions. [17]
In June 2018, Abiy announced the government's intention to establish an Ethiopian stock exchange in tandem with the privatization of state-owned enterprises. [107] As of 2015, Ethiopia was the largest country in the world, in terms of both population and gross domestic product, without a stock exchange. [108]
Ada County Commission 2024 primary election candidates. District 1: Ryan T. Davidson (R - incumbent), Jonathan W. Lashley (D), Joseph Clyde Dornier (R).
This is a list of heads of government of Ethiopia since the formation of the post of Chief Minister of the Ethiopian Empire in 1909 (renamed to Prime Minister in 1943). Since 1909, there have been 3 chief ministers and 11 prime ministers and one was both chief minister and prime minister, making a total of 15 persons being or having been head of government.