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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 Taye Atske Selassie, elected on 7 October 2024 by members of the Federal Parliamentary Assembly. [1]
The president of Ethiopia is the head of state of Ethiopia. The position is largely ceremonial with executive power vested in the Council of Ministers chaired by the prime minister. The current president is Taye Atske Selassie, who took office on 7 October 2024. Presidents are elected by the Federal Parliamentary Assembly for six years.
He served as Ethiopia's Ambassador to China, Japan, Turkey, [4] [5] [8] and Azerbaijan. [9] While serving as Ambassador to Turkey, he was elected as President of Ethiopia by a unanimous parliamentary vote [5] on 7 October 2013. Girma Seifu of the Unity for Democracy and Justice, the sole opposition member of parliament, welcomed his election. [5]
Taye Atske Selassie Amde (Amharic: ታዬ አጽቀሥላሴ, born 13 January 1956) [1] is an Ethiopian diplomat and politician who is serving as president of Ethiopia since 7 October 2024. [2] [3] [4] He has worked as ambassador on numerous occasions in the United Nations. [5] Prior to assuming this role, he served as the Minister of Foreign ...
The presidential election held on 7 October 2013, [1] was the fourth presidential election of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to elect the country's third president. [2] Mulatu Teshome was elected by the parliament to a six-year term. [1] Incumbent president Girma Wolde-Giorgis was barred from seeking re-election due to term limits.
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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.
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.