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and his government, rather than the president, leaving the president as primarily a figurehead executive. However, the president retains significant
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to a six-year term, becoming Ethiopia's first non-royal female head of state and the first female head of state since the death of Empress
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had been elected in 2013 to a six-year term ending in 2019, but resigned for unspecified reasons, necessitating an early election.
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A snap presidential election was held in Ethiopia on 25 October 2018, prompted by the resignation of incumbent
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of the upper house and lower house of the Ethiopian parliament, the
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A presidential candidate is required to be elected by a
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Index

2013

Sahle-Work Zewde
Independent
Mulatu Teshome
OPDO
Sahle-Work Zewde
Independent
Politics of Ethiopia

Constitution
History
President
List
Sahle-Work Zewde
Executive
Prime Minister
List
Abiy Ahmed
Deputies
Debretsion Gebremichael
Demeke Mekonnen
Muktar Kedir
Council of Ministers
Legislature
House of Federation
House of Peoples' Representatives
Federal Supreme Court
Elections
2013

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