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ethiopia*

H.E. Birtukan Mideksa,
Chairperson, NEBE

PArt i 10. Language (s)
Amharic, English
CoUNtrY ProfiLE
11. Literacy Levels
Male:59.24% Female:44.42%
1. Official Name
Ityop’iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik Total: 51.77% (2017)
http://uis.unesco.org/en/country/et
2. Government
Federal Parliamentary Republic PArt ii

3. Head of State Designation LEgisLAtivE sYstEM
President Sahle-Work ZEWDE
LEGISLATURE
4. Head of government Designation
Prime Minister Abiy AHMED 1. Structure of National Legislature:
Bicameral
5. Capital
Addis Ababa 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
Yefedereshein Mekir Bete (House of Federation)
6. Currency
Ethiopian Birr (ETB) Yehizb Tewokayoch MekirBete (House of People’s
Representatives)
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
Oromo 34.4%, Amhara (Amara) 27%, Somali (So- 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
malie) 6.2%, Tigray (Tigrinya) 6.1%, Sidama 4%, nominated
Gurage 2.5%, Welaita 2.3%, Hadiya 1.7%, Afar (Af- 110 members of the Yefedereshein Mekir Bete
far) 1.7%, Gamo 1.5%, Gedeo 1.3%, Silte 1.3%, Kef- (House of Federation) are elected by indirect vote.
ficho 1.2%, other 8.8% 547 members of the Yehizb Tewokayoch Me-
kirBete (House of People’s Representatives) are
8. Date of Independence elected by plurality vote.
Oldest independent country in Africa and one of the
oldest in the world - at least 2,000 years 4. Popular House
Yehizb Tewokayoch Mekir Bete
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
1995 5. Type of Electoral System
First-Past-the-Post

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