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This article lists political parties in Ethiopia. Ethiopia has a multi-party parliament . The legislature was mostly dominated by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front , until it was succeeded by the Prosperity Party in December 2019.
The term politics of Ethiopia mainly relates to the political activities in Ethiopia after the late 20th century when democratization took place in the nation. The current political structure of Ethiopia was formed after the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) overthrew dictator President Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1991. A general election ...
The federal government and the Tigray authority's relations were aggravated by late 2020, culminating in the Tigray War. Domestically, democracy has been eroded since the rise of armed conflicts in the country. Abiy's government declined to execute public order, and political persecution sporadically appeared by 2021.
The Coalition for Unity and Democracy (Ge'ez : ቅንጅት ለአንድነት እና ዴሞክራሲ), commonly referred to by its English abbreviation CUD, or occasionally CDU (its Amharic abbreviation, used in Ethiopia, is Qinijit; in English writing often referred to as Kinijit), [2] was a coalition of four existing political parties of Ethiopia which combined to compete for seats in the ...
The government of Ethiopia (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā mängəst) is the federal government of Ethiopia. It is structured in a framework of a federal parliamentary republic , whereby the prime minister is the head of government .
The period without some semblance of a legislature ended in 1987, when the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia was established under a new constitution drafted by Mengistu and the Workers' Party of Ethiopia (WPE). The new Constitution established an 835-member legislature, the National Shengo (National Council), as the highest organ of ...
The other five regions of Ethiopia were governed by parties which were either created or heavily influenced by the EPRDF. [9] One of the earliest was the Afar People's Democratic Organization in the Afar Region , which subsequently merged with other Afar political groups to create the Afar National Democratic Party (ANDP). [ 10 ]
When ranked by score, Ethiopia ranked 98th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [4] For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), the average score was 43, and the worst score was 11 (ranked 180). [ 5 ]