List of heads of government of Ethiopia

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[edit] Heads of Government

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Ethiopian Empire
1942 to 1 November 1957	Endelkachew Makonnen, Prime Minister	n-p	1st Term
27 November 1957 to 15 December 1960	Abebe Aragai, Prime Minister	n-p
12 December 1960 to 15 December 1960	Imru Haile Selassie, Prime Minister	n-p	In rebellion
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	Endelkachew Makonnen, Prime Minister	n-p	2nd Term
3 August 1974 to 12 September 1974	Mikael Imru, Prime Minister	n-p
Government of the Provisional Military Administrative Council (Derg)
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


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
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