Crown Council of Ethiopia

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The Crown Council of Ethiopia was the Constitutional body which advised the reigning Emperors of Ethiopia and acted on behalf of the Crown. The council’s members were appointed by the Emperor.

The Communist Derg claimed the authority to abolish the monarchy in March, 1975, however, in 1993 a group called the "Crown Council of Ethiopia", including several descendants of Haile Selassie, claimed that the nəgusä nägäst was still in existence, and was the legal head of Ethiopia.

The EPRDF Ethiopian constitution of 1995 confirmed the abolition of the Emperorship, but Ethiopian royalists continue to operate the Crown Council. On March 16, 2005, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie was reconfirmed by Crown Prince Zera Yacob Amha Selassie as President of the Crown Council of Ethiopia. Zera Yacob Amha Selassie is considered Crown Prince of Ethiopia.^[1]