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Regional government. Ethiopia is a federal state and divided into 12 regional states based on ethnicity. These regional states have a significant degree of autonomy and have their own regional governments. They are responsible for policy areas such as education and health, tailored to the specific needs of their populations.
Ethiopia: Legislative (The Regional Council) Legislature: Regional Parliament (The Regional Council) Meeting place: Amhara Legislative Building, Bahir Dar, Amhara: Executive ; Head of government: President Arega Kebede: Main organ: Council of the Regional Government (Cabinet) Judicial (Regional Court) Court: Regional Supreme Court (highest court)
This article lists the governors of the regions of Ethiopia, the twelve ethno-linguistically based regional states (plural: kililoch; singular: kilil) and chartered cities (plural: astedader akababiwach; singular: astedader akabibi) of Ethiopia (officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia), formed within the system of ethnic federalism.
Under the 1987 Constitution of Ethiopia, the military rule of the Derg evolved into the civilian government of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and chapter 8 of the Constitution determined that the state would be subdivided into "autonomous regions" and "administrative regions".
The government of Ethiopia is structured in the form of a federal parliamentary republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government while legislative power is vested in the Parliament. The Judiciary is more or less independent of the executive and the legislature.
In Ethiopia, the woredas comprise three main organs: a council, an executive and a judicial. The Woreda Council is the highest government organ of the district, which is made up of directly elected representatives from each kebele in the woredas. The representative of the people in each kebele is accountable to their electorate.
Ethiopia was historically divided into provinces. The current system of administrative regions was introduced in 1992 by the Transitional Government of Ethiopia , and was formalised in 1995 when the current Constitution of Ethiopia came into force.
This is a category for the provinces of Ethiopia prior to the creation of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in 1995; afterwards, the country was subdivided into regions based on ethnic groupings. For more information, see Subdivisions of Ethiopia