List of heads of government of Ethiopia

This is a list of heads of government of Ethiopia since the formation of the post of Chief Minister of the Ethiopian Empire in 1909 (renamed to Prime Minister in 1943). Since 1909, there have been 3 chief ministers and 11 prime ministers and one was both chief minister and prime minister, making a total of 15 persons being or having been head of government.

Most of the prime ministers of Ethiopia were regular prime ministers, appointed through a regular political process. Some others were acting prime ministers only (indicated in the list below), while others were both acting and regular prime ministers during their term(s). In addition, there is one prime minister who was acting prime minister first, then was regularly appointed and finally served as a caretaker prime minister of an outgoing government: Hailemariam Desalegn. During the 1960 coup attempt, two prime ministers served at the same time, the regular one and an irregular one appointed by the leaders of the coup. Also, there was an interim prime minister after the end of the Ethiopian Civil War.

Since 1995, the prime minister of Ethiopia has not only been the head of government, but also the commander-in-chief of the Ethiopian National Defense Force. The current prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, took office on 2 April 2018.<ref name="16th">Template:Cite news</ref>

List of officeholders

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Party Template:Small		Elected	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
• Ethiopian Empire (1137–1974) •
1		Template:Small Habte Giyorgis Dinagde Template:Small	1909	12 December 1926†	Template:Age in years years	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	—	Dinagde
2		Template:Small Tafari Makonnen Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	1927	1 May 1936 Template:Small	Template:Age in years years	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	—	Makonnen
3		Template:Small Wolde Tzaddick	1 May 1936	14 May 1942	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	—	Tzaddick
4		Template:Small Makonnen Endelkachew Template:Small	14 May 1942	27 November 1957	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	—	Endelkachew
5		Template:Small Abebe Aregai Template:Small	27 November 1957	17 December 1960†	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	1957	Aregai
–		Template:Small Imru Haile Selassie Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	14 December 1960	17 December 1960	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	—	Aregai
Vacant (17 December 1960 – 17 April 1961)
6		Template:Small Aklilu Habte-Wold Template:Small	17 April 1961	1 March 1974 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	1961 1965 1969 1973	Habte-Wold
7		Template:Small Endelkachew Makonnen Template:Small	1 March 1974	22 July 1974 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	—	Makonnen
Vacant (22 July 1974 – 3 August 1974)
8		Template:Small Mikael Imru Template:Small	3 August 1974	12 September 1974 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	—	Imru
• Derg (Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia) (1974–1987) •
Post Abolished (12 September 1974 – 10 September 1987)
• People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1987–1991) •
9		Fikre Selassie Wogderess Template:Small	10 September 1987	8 November 1989 Template:Small	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	WPE	1987	Wogderess
–		Hailu Yimenu Template:Small	8 November 1989	26 April 1991	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	WPE	—	Yimenu
–		Tesfaye Dinka Template:Small	26 April 1991	28 May 1991	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	WPE Template:Small	—	Dinka
						style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent
• Transitional Government of Ethiopia (1991–1995) •
–		Tesfaye Dinka Template:Small	28 May 1991	6 June 1991	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Independent	–	Transitional Government
–		Tamrat Layne Template:Small	6 June 1991	21 August 1995	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	ANDM Template:Small	—	Transitional Government
• Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1995–present) •
–		Tamrat Layne Template:Small	21 August 1995	22 August 1995	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	ANDM Template:Small	—
10		Meles Zenawi Template:Small	23 August 1995	20 August 2012†	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	TPLF Template:Small	1995 2000 2005 2010	Zenawi
11		Hailemariam Desalegn Template:Small	20 August 2012	2 April 2018	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	SEPDM Template:Small	2015	Desalegn
12		Abiy Ahmed Template:Small	2 April 2018	Incumbent	Template:Ayd	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	ODP Template:Small	2021	Ahmed
						style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Prosperity

Timeline

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See also

• Emperor of Ethiopia
  • List of emperors of Ethiopia
• President of Ethiopia
  • List of presidents of Ethiopia
• Prime Minister of Ethiopia
• Rulers of Ethiopia

External links

• World Statesmen – Ethiopia