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.

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)

• Mengistu Haile Mariam (12 September 1984 – 21 May 1991)

Latest election

Main article: Ethiopian presidential election, 2007

See also

• Emperor of Ethiopia
• List of Emperors of Ethiopia
• List of heads of government of Ethiopia
• Rulers of Ethiopia

External links

• World Statesmen - Ethiopia