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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.
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 ...
Ethiopia has 6 patriotic and public holidays and 9 major religious holidays given government recognition. The year (Gregorian calendar) starts with Ethiopian Christmas on January 7, it also has Epiphany or Timkat on January 19 or 20 depending on if the year is a leap, which celebrate the baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist .
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia covers a land area of ...
Similarly, the Al-Ittihad al-Islam took raids on the border of southern Ethiopia, and the government failed to access the Ethio-Kenyan border where OLF insurgents were believed to operate there. [100] In 1995, the government arrested 280 members of the OLF accused of rebellion in the town of Zeway. [101]
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 ...
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.
The economy of Ethiopia is a mixed and transition economy with a large public sector. The government of Ethiopia is in the process of privatizing many of the state-owned businesses and moving toward a market economy. [26] The banking, telecommunication and transportation sectors of the economy are dominated by government-owned companies. [27] [28]