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Isaias Afwerki (Tigrinya: ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ, [1] pronounced [isajas afwɐrkʼi] ⓘ; born 2 February 1946) [2] is an Eritrean politician who has been the president of Eritrea since 1993 and the chairman of the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) since 1994.
Since the establishment of the office of president in 1993, the head of state of Eritrea has been Isaias Afwerki. The president is also the head of government of Eritrea, as well as commander-in-chief of the Eritrean Defence Forces. As of 2021, there are no term limits for the president in the Constitution of Eritrea. [2]
President of Cyprus: 28 February 2023 Eritrea: Horn of Africa: Isaias Afwerki: President of Eritrea: 24 May 1993 Ethiopia: Taye Atske Selassie: President of Ethiopia: 7 October 2024 Abiy Ahmed: Prime Minister of Ethiopia: 2 April 2018 Georgia: Near East and the Caucasus: Mikheil Kavelashvili [c] President of Georgia: 29 December 2024 Irakli ...
Eritrea (/ ˌ ɛr ɪ ˈ t r iː ə / ⓘ ERR-ih-TREE-ə or /-ˈ t r eɪ-/- TRAY-;, [20] [21] [22] pronounced [ʔer(ɨ)trä] ⓘ), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the south, Sudan in the west, and ...
The first President of Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki, has been the President of Eritrea since 1993. People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) is the only legal political party. [69] On October 25, 1994, the president of Eritrea revoked the citizenship of all of Jehovah's Witnesses born there.
The politics of Eritrea and the government of Eritrea take place in the framework of a single-party presidential republic currently under a totalitarian dictatorship. The President officially serves as both head of state and head of government. The People's Front for Democracy and Justice is the only political party legally permitted to exist ...
List of heads of state of Eritrea; I. Isaias Afwerki This page was last edited on 10 August 2023, at 01:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The historical region of Eritrea had joined Ethiopia as an autonomous unit in 1952. The Eritrean Liberation Movement was founded in 1958 and was succeeded by the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) in 1961. The ELF grew in membership when the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie abolished Eritrea's autonomous status, annexing it as a province in 1962.