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    Ethiopia Government 1995
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    SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Names:
      conventional long form: none
      conventional short form:
      local long form: none
      local short form: Ityop'iya
      Digraph: ET
      Type: transitional government
      note: on 28 May 1991 the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) toppled the authoritarian government of MENGISTU Haile-Mariam and took control in Addis Ababa; the Transitional Government of Ethiopia (TGE), announced a two-year transitional period

      Capital: Addis Ababa
      Administrative divisions: 14 administrative regions (astedader akababiwach, singular - astedader akababi) Addis Ababa, Afar, Amhara, Benishangul, Gambela, Gurage-Hadiya-Kambata, Harer, Kefa, Omo, Oromo, Sidamo, Somali, Tigray, Wolayta

      Independence: oldest independent country in Africa and one of the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years
      National holiday: National Day, 28 May (1991) (defeat of Mengistu regime)

      Constitution: to be redrafted by 1993

      Legal system: NA
      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:
      chief of state: President MELES Zenawi (since 1 June 1991); election last held 10 September 1987; next election planned after new constitution drafted; results - MENGISTU Haile-Mariam elected by the now defunct National Assembly, but resigned and left Ethiopia on 21 May 1991
      head of government: Prime Minister TAMIRAT Layne (since 6 June 1991)
      cabinet: Council of Ministers; designated by the chairman of the Council of Representatives

      Legislative branch: unicameral
      Constituent Assembly: elections were held on 5 June 1994 (next to be held NA); results - NA; a major task of the new Assembly will be to ratify the constitution to drafted by the end of 1994

      Judicial branch: Supreme Court

      Political parties and leaders: Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), MELES Zenawi; Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO), Kuma DEMEKSA
      Other political or pressure groups: Oromo Liberation Front (OLF); Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP); numerous small, ethnic-based groups have formed since Mengistu's resignation, including several Islamic militant groups
      Member of: ACP, AfDB, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IGADD, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO

      Diplomatic representation in US:
      chief of mission: Ambassador BERHANE Gebre-Christos
      chancery: 2134 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008
      telephone: (202) 234-2281 or 2282
      FAX: (202) 328-7950
      US diplomatic representation:
      chief of mission: Ambassador Marc A. BAAS
      embassy: Entoto Street, Addis Ababa
      mailing address: P. O. Box 1014, Addis Ababa
      telephone: [251] (1) 550-666
      FAX: [251] (1) 552-191

      Flag: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red; Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors

      NOTE: The information regarding Ethiopia on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Ethiopia Government 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Ethiopia Government 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.

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