Prime Minister of Ethiopia

The **Prime Minister of Ethiopia** is the head of the Ethiopian government and the most powerful figure in Ethiopian politics. Although the President of Ethiopia is the country's head of state, his powers are largely ceremonial, the constitution states that the Prime Minister has more power and serves as chief executive.

The official residence of the prime minister, is _Menelik Palace_ in Addis Ababa. The current Prime Minister is Abiy Ahmed of EPRDF, the twelfth person to hold the position.

## List of heads of government

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

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: the
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- **native name**: የኢ.ፌ.ዴ.ሪ ጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር
- **insignia**: Coat of arms of Ethiopia.svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Emblem
- **image**: Abiy Ahmed with LI Yong 2018 (cropped).jpeg
- **imagesize**: 165px
- **incumbent**: Abiy Ahmed
- **incumbentsince**: 2 April 2018
- **residence**: Menelik Palace, Addis Ababa
- **appointer**: President of Ethiopia
- **termlength**: No term limit
- **formation**: 1909
1943
- **inaugural**: Habte Giyorgis

Makonnen Endelkachew