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<text id=93CT0427>
<title>
Ethiopia--Government
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Ethiopia
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: none</l>
<l> conventional short form: Ethiopia</l>
<l> local long form: none</l>
<l> local short form: Ityop'iya</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: ET
</p>
<p>Type: transitional government
</p>
<p>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
</p>
<p>Capital: Addis Ababa
</p>
<p>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
</p>
<p>Independence: oldest independent country in Africa and one of
the oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years
</p>
<p>Constitution: to be redrafted by 1993
</p>
<p>Legal system: NA
</p>
<p>National holiday: National Day, 28 May (1991) (defeat of
Mengistu regime)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: NA
</p>
<p>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
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> President: 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
</p>
<p> Constituent Assembly: now planned for January 1994 (to
ratify constitution to be drafted by end of 1993)
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, prime minister, Council of
Ministers
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral Constituent Assembly
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: President MELES Zenawi (since 1 June 1991)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister TAMIRAT Layne (since 6
June 1991)
</p>
<p>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
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador BERHANE Gebre-Christos</l>
<l> chancery: 2134 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 234-2281 or 2282</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Marc A. BAAS</l>
<l> embassy: Entoto Street, Addis Ababa</l>
<l> mailing address: P. O. Box 1014, Addis Ababa</l>
<l> telephone: [251] (1) 550-666</l>
<l> FAX: [251] (1) 551-166</l>
</list>
<p>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
</p></body></article></text>