The Parliament of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

consists of two chambers:

• The House of Federation
  House of Federation
  The House of Federation is the upper house of the bicamerial Parliament of Ethiopia of Ethiopia. It has 112 members....
  
  (Upper Chamber)
• The House of People's Representatives
  House of People's Representatives
  The Federal Parliamentary Assembly of Ethiopia has two chambers. The lower house is the House of Peoples' Representatives with 547 members , elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies.-Speakers of the House of Peoples'...
  
  (Lower Chamber)

Created with the adoption of the Ethiopian Constitution of 1995, the Parliament replaced the Shengo as the legislative branch of the Ethiopian government.

Many opposition parties are represented in the Ethiopia Parliament where representatives from the Oromia Region

Oromia Region

Oromia is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia...

 hold the most positions and representatives from the Amhara Region

Amhara Region

Amhara is one of the nine ethnic divisions of Ethiopia, containing the homeland of the Amhara people. Previously known as Region 3, its capital is Bahir Dar....

 hold the second most positions, in correlation with the population order of the corresponding states. Various opposition parties including the UEDF, United Ethiopian Democratic Party-Medhin Party

United Ethiopian Democratic Party-Medhin Party

The Ethiopian Democratic Party is a political party in Ethiopia.At the last legislative elections, 15 May 2005, the party was part of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy , that won 109 out of 527 seats in the Council of People's Representatives. However, in October 2005 the party central...

, Somali People's Democratic Party

Somali People's Democratic Party

The Somali People's Democratic Party is a political party in Ethiopia, officially representing the Somali people. It is allied with, but not a member of, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ....

 (SPDP), Ethiopian Democratic League

Ethiopian Democratic League

The Ethiopian Democratic League is a political party in Ethiopia.At the last legislative elections, 15 May 2005, the party was part of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy, that won 109 out of 527 seats in the Council of People's Representatives. Its leader is Chekol Getahun....

 (EDL), Gambela People's Democratic Movement

Gambela People's Democratic Movement

The Gambela Peoples’ Democratic Movement is a political party in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia...

 (GPDM), All Ethiopian Unity Organization (AEUO), Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement

Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement

The Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement is a political party in Ethiopia, created to further the interests of the Oromo people.At the last legislative elections, on 15 May 2005, the party won 11 seats, all from the Oromia Region. The party Whip is Mesfin Nemera Deriesa from the Mirab Welega Zone...

 (OFDM) and the Benishangul-Gumuz People's Democratic Unity Front (BGPDUF) hold many positions in the parliament.

External links

• Parliament of Ethiopia web site

Further reading

• Dagnachew Befekadu and Habtamu Nini Abino, "Presentation on the Parliamentary System of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia", Association of secretaries General of Parliament website