Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea

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The Federation of Ethiopia and Eritrea was a structure between Eritrea and Ethiopia. It was created by the approval of the Federal Act in Ethiopia and the Eritrean Constitution on 1953-09-15.

Prior to the annexation of Eritrea the Chief Justice of Eritrea was removed and the official Eritrean languages were eliminated in favor of Ethiopia's national language Amharic.[1] During the Federation the encroachment of the Ethiopian Crown was felt on the Chief Executive of Eritrea. This was in direct contravention of the UN Resolution 390-A(V) which established the Federation.[2]

The Federal structure, or some semblance of it, existed between 1952-09-15 and 1962-11-14. On 1962-11-14 the Federation was officially dissolved and Eritrea was annexed by Ethiopia. This was done by Haile Selassie I pressuring the Eritrean Assembly to abolish the federation.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Killion, Tom (1998). Historical Dictionary of Eritrea. The Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810834375. 
  2. ^ Haile, Semere (1987). "The Origins and Demise of the Ethiopia-Eritrea Federation". Issue 15: 9. doi:10.2307/1166919. 
  3. ^ Habteselassie, Bereket (1989). Eritrea and the United Nations and Other Essays. Red Sea Press. ISBN 0932415121. 
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