List of presidents of Ethiopia
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This is a list of Presidents of Ethiopia since the abolition of the monarchy in 1974, to the present day.
A total of four people have served as President of Ethiopia (not counting three Chairmen of the Derg and two Acting Presidents).
Presidents of Ethiopia
(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)
| Colour key (for political parties) |
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Derg (Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia)
- Status
Denotes Acting Chairman
| Chairman | Term of office | Political party | ||||
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| № | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Took office | Left office | Duration | |
| style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"|1 | 
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Aman Mikael Andom (1924–1974) |
12 September 1974 | 17 November 1974 (Resigned) |
66 days | Military |
| style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"|— | 
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Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937–) |
17 November 1974 | 28 November 1974 | 11 days | Military |
| style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"|2 | 
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Tafari Benti (1921–1977) |
28 November 1974 | 3 February 1977 (Assassinated) |
2 years, 67 days | Military |
| style="background:Template:Military Rule/meta/color; color:black;"|3 |
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Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937–) |
3 February 1977 | 10 September 1987 | 10 years, 219 days | Military / Workers' Party of Ethiopia |
- Status
Denotes Acting President
| President | Term of office | Political party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| № | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Took office | Left office | Duration | |
| style="background:Template:Workers' Party of Ethiopia/meta/color; color:white;"|(3) |
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Mengistu Haile Mariam (1937–) |
10 September 1987 | 21 May 1991 (Resigned) |
3 years, 253 days | Workers' Party of Ethiopia |
| style="background:Template:Workers' Party of Ethiopia/meta/color; color:white;"|— | 
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Tesfaye Gebre Kidan (1935–2004) |
21 May 1991 | 28 May 1991 (Deposed) |
7 days | Workers' Party of Ethiopia |
- Status
Denotes Acting President
| President | Term of office | Political party (Alliance) | ||||
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| № | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Took office | Left office | Duration | |
| style="background:Template:Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front/meta/color; color:white;"|— | 
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Meles Zenawi (1955–2012) |
28 May 1991 | 22 August 1995 | 4 years, 86 days | Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front) |
| President | Term of office | Political party (Alliance) | ||||
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| № | Portrait | Name (Born–Died) |
Took office | Left office | Duration | |
| style="background:Template:Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front/meta/color; color:white;"|4 |
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Negasso Gidada (1943–) |
22 August 1995 | 8 October 2001 | 6 years, 47 days | Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front)[1] |
| style="background:Template:Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front/meta/color; color:white;"|5 | File:President+girma woldegorgis.jpg | Girma Wolde-Giorgis (1924–) |
8 October 2001 | 7 October 2013 | 11 years, 364 days | Independent (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front) |
| style="background:Template:Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front/meta/color; color:white;"|6 | 
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Mulatu Teshome (1955/56–) |
7 October 2013 | Incumbent | 11 years, 88 days | Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front) |
Footnotes
See also
External links
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