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Prime Minister of Ethiopia | |
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since 2 April 2018 | |
Style | Honourable Prime Minister (Within Ethiopia) Prime Minister (Informal) His Excellency (Diplomatic) |
Type | Head of Government |
Status | Chair of Council of Ministers Chair of National Security Council Chair of National Economic Council |
Abbreviation | PM |
Member of | Federal Parliamentary Assembly |
Reports to | House of Peoples' Representatives |
Residence | Menelik Palace |
Appointer | President of Ethiopia |
Term length | 5 years term unless Federal Parliamentary Assembly dissolved sooner No term limits specified |
Precursor | Chief Minister of Ethiopia |
Inaugural holder | Habte Giyorgis Dinagde (Chief Minister) Makonnen Endelkachew (Prime Minister) |
Formation | 1909 (Chief Minister) 1943 (Prime Minister) |
Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister of Ethiopia |
Salary | 3,939,808 Ethiopian birr/73,600 USD annually[1] |
Website | Prime Minister Office - Ethiopia |
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The prime minister of Ethiopia is the head of government and chief executive of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is a parliamentary republic with a prime minister as head of the government and the commander-in-chief of the Ethiopian Armed Forces. The prime minister is the most powerful political figure in Ethiopian politics. The official residence of the prime minister is the Menelik Palace in Addis Ababa. The prime minister is elected from the members of the House of Peoples' Representatives and presents a government platform. The prime minister must receive a vote of confidence in the House of Peoples' Representatives to exercise executive power as chief executive. Abiy Ahmed is the third prime minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, serving since April 2018.
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