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Regional Government of Amhara የአማራ ክልል መንግሥት; Regional State: Flag of Amhara Region, used across the government (left); and the Amhara Region Emblem (right) Formation: 1992; 33 years ago () Founding document: 2001-REVISED CONSTITUTION OF THE AMHARA NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE: Country: Ethiopia: Legislative (The Regional ...
The Amhara Region (Amharic: አማራ ክልል, romanized: Åmara Kilil), officially the Amhara National Regional State (Amharic: የአማራ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት), [2] is a regional state in northern Ethiopia and the homeland of the Amhara, Awi, Xamir, Argobba, and Qemant people.
1992 marked the first elections of the transitional period, which were held to select representatives for 14 new regional assemblies. [21]: 7 The main political movements competing for power were the EPRDF, the All Amhara People's Organisation, and the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). During the campaign cycle, various opposition movements ...
The South Ethiopia Regional State (Amharic: ደቡብ ኢትዮጵያ ክልላዊ መንግስት) is a region in southern Ethiopia. [4] It was formed from the southern part of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) on 19 August 2023 after a successful referendum .
[79] The constitution was promulgated by the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Proclamation No. 1/1995 which entered into force on 21 August 1995. [ 80 ] Although the original constitution formed nine regions, Article 39, Section 1 of the constitution states: "Every nation, nationality and people have an unconditional ...
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.
According to the 2007 national census, Amharas numbered 19,867,817 individuals, comprising 26.9% of Ethiopia's population, and they are mostly Oriental Orthodox Christian (members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church). [1] They are also found within the Ethiopian expatriate community, particularly in North America.
In 1991, the TPLF-dominated ruling was established as the EPRDF coalition with a new constitution and subsequent regional demarcations. [59] [60] The controversial Article 39, Nations, Nationalist, and People Self-determination is part of the constitution and grants rights for any ethnic group to secede and form a Nation.