List of heads of government of Ethiopia

Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
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Incumbent Meles Zenawi since 23 August 1995
Appointer	Girma Wolde-Giorgis, as President of Ethiopia
Inaugural holder	Habte Giyorgis (Chief Minister) Makonnen Endelkachew (Prime Minister)
Formation	1909 (Chief Minister) 1942 (Prime Minister)

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This page contains a list of the Prime Ministers of Ethiopia.

Heads of Government of Ethiopia (1909–Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Ethiopian Empire
1909 to 1927		Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, Chief Minister	n-p	Died in office
1927 to 1 May 1936		Ras Tafari Makonnen, Chief Minister	n-p	From 3 April 1930, Emperor Haile Selassie I
1 May 1936 to 1942		Wolde Tzaddick, Chief Minister	n-p	In exile from 1936 until 1941 due to the Italian occupation
1942 to 1 November 1957		Ras Betwoded Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister	n-p
27 November 1957 to 15 December 1960		Ras Abebe Aregai, Prime Minister	n-p	Killed during the 1960 coup attempt
12 December 1960 to 15 December 1960		Ras Leul Imru Haile Selassie, Prime Minister	n-p	In rebellion during the 1960 coup attempt
15 December 1960 to 17 April 1961	Vacant
17 April 1961 to 1 March 1974		Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold, Prime Minister	n-p
1 March 1974 to 22 July 1974		Lij Endelkachew Makonnen, Prime Minister	n-p
3 August 1974 to 12 September 1974		Lij Mikael Imru, Prime Minister	n-p
Derg  (Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces, Police, and Territorial Army)
12 September 1974 to 10 September 1987	Post abolished
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
10 September 1987 to 8 November 1989		Fikre Selassie Wogderess, Prime Minister	EWP
8 November 1989 to 26 April 1991		Hailu Yimenu, acting Prime Minister	EWP
26 April 1991 to 27 May 1991		Tesfaye Dinka, acting Prime Minister	EWP
Ethiopia  (Ityop’iya)
27 May 1991 to 6 June 1991		Tesfaye Dinka, acting Prime Minister	EWP
6 June 1991 to 22 August 1995		Tamirat Layne, acting Prime Minister	EPDM
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia  (Ityop’iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik)
23 August 1995 to Present		Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister	TPLF/EPRDF

Affiliations

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

See also

• List of Emperors of Ethiopia
• List of Presidents of Ethiopia
• Lists of office-holders
• Rulers of Ethiopia

External links

• World Statesmen - Ethiopia