2018 Ethiopian presidential election

A snap presidential election was held in Ethiopia on 25 October 2018, prompted by the resignation of incumbent Mulatu Teshome.[1][2] It was the fifth presidential election of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to elect its fourth president.[3]

2018 Ethiopian presidential election
25 October 2018
 
Nominee Sahle-Work Zewde
Party Independent
Electoral vote 659 (unanimous)
President before election

Mulatu Teshome
OPDO

 Elected President

Sahle-Work Zewde
Independent

Politics of Ethiopia
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  • Presidency
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Diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde was elected without contest to a six-year term, becoming Ethiopia's first non-royal female head of state[4][5] and the first female head of state since the death of Empress Zewditu in 1930.[1]

Background and electoral process

As a parliamentary republic, most administrative power and the effective ability is vested in the prime minister and his government, rather than the president, leaving the president as primarily a figurehead executive. However, the president retains significant Reserve powers granted by the constitution.

A presidential candidate is required to be elected by a joint session of the upper house and lower house of the Ethiopian parliament, the Federal Parliamentary Assembly, the House of Federation and the House of People's Representatives, respectively.[6]

The outgoing president, Mulatu Teshome had been elected in 2013 to a six-year term ending in 2019, but resigned for unspecified reasons, necessitating an early election.[1]

References
  1. "Sahle-Work Zewde named Ethiopia's first woman president". Al Jazeera English. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. "Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome resigns amid Cabinet reshuffle, state media says". www.msn.com. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. "Ethiopia Election Guide". International Elections Guide. IFES. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. "Ethiopia gets first female president". BBC News. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  5. Adebayo, Bukola. "Ethiopia appoints its first female president". CNN. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  6. "Ethiopian president reelected for new six-year-term" Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, AFP, 9 October 2007.


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