List of Presidents of Ethiopia

President of the
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

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Incumbent
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
since 8 October 2001
Residence National Palace, Addis Ababa
Term length 6 years
Inaugural holder Mengistu Haile Mariam
Formation 10 September 1987
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The second section lists the General Secretary of the totalitarian Workers' Party of Ethiopia (EWP) in 1984-1991, then possessing full control over the country and hence de facto representing the executive power.

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Presidents of Ethiopia (1974–present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure Portrait Incumbent Affiliation Notes
Derg  (Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police, and Territorial Army)
12 September 1974 to 17 November 1974 Aman Mikael Andom, Chairman of the Derg Mil Assassinated
17 November 1974 to 28 November 1974 Mengistu Haile Mariam, Chairman of the Derg Mil 1st Term
28 November 1974 to 3 February 1977 Tafari Benti, Chairman of the Derg Mil Assassinated
3 February 1977 to 11 February 1977 Mengistu Haile Mariam, acting Chairman of the Derg Mil 2nd Term
11 February 1977 to 10 September 1987 Mengistu Haile Mariam, Chairman of the Derg Mil/EWP
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
10 September 1987 to 21 May 1991 Mengistu Haile Mariam, President EWP Fled the country at the end of the Ethiopian Civil War
21 May 1991 to 27 May 1991 Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, acting President EWP
Ethiopia  (Ityop’iya)
27 May 1991 to 28 May 1991 Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, acting President EWP
28 May 1991 to 22 August 1995 Meles Zenawi, interim President TPLF/EPRDF
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia  (Ityop’iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik)
22 August 1995 to 8 October 2001 Negasso Gidada, President OPDO/n-p Expelled from OPDO on 22 June 2001
8 October 2001 to Present Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President EPRDF Re-elected in 2007

Affiliations

OLF Oromo Liberation Front
AAPO All-Amhara People's Organisation
EPRDF Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
OPDO Oromo People's Democratic Organization    Oromo regionalist
TPLF Tigrayan People's Liberation Front    Tigray regionalist
EPRP Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party    socialist, 1974-1991
EWP Workers' Party of Ethiopia    Communist Party - only legal party 1984-1990, renounced Marxist-Leninism 7 March 1990
MEISON All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement    1976-1991, socialist, only legal party 1976-1978
WSLF Western Somali Liberation Front    Ogaden regionalist, Somali separatist 1974-1989
n-p non-partisan

General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Ethiopia (1984–1991)

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