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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources List of political parties in Ethiopia news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2020 This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of political parties in Ethiopia news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message This article lists political parties in Ethiopia Ethiopia has a multi party parliament The legislature was mostly dominated by the Ethiopian People s Revolutionary Democratic Front until it was succeeded by the Prosperity Party in December 2019 The latest general election would have taken place in August 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic 1 The most recent general election took place in 2021 Contents 1 List 1 1 Parliamentary parties 1 2 Other national parties 1 3 Other regional parties 2 Defunct Parties 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksList EditParliamentary parties Edit Party Political positions Ideology Created HouseProsperity PartyAmharic ብልጽግና ፓርቲ romanized Bilit s igina Pariti Oromo Paartii BadhaadhiinaaSomali Xisbiga Barwaaqo Centre Ethiopian nationalismLiberalismEconomic liberalismFederalism 2019 2 410 547National Movement of AmharaAmharic የአማራ ብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ romanized Ye amara Biḥerawi Nik inak e Centre rightto right wing Amhara self determinationEthnic nationalismLiberalism 2018 5 547Ethiopian Citizens for Social JusticeAmharic የኢትዮጵያ ዜጎች ለማህበራዊ ፍትህ romanized Ye Itiyop iya Zegochi Le mahiberawi Fitih Centre LiberalismEthiopian nationalism 2019 4 547Gedeo People s Democratic Party Gedeo interestsRegionalism 2 547Tigray People s Liberation FrontTigrinya ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ romanized Ḥezbawi Wayana Ḥarennat Tegray Revolutionary democracyTigray nationalism 1975 3 0 547Other national parties Edit National parties without members of parliament as of 5 October 2020 update 4 include Other national parties Name Native name Ideology NotesFreedom and Equalty Party Amharic ነጻነትና እኩልነት ፓርቲ Moderate Liberal Established in 2019All Ethiopian National Movement Amharic የመላው ኢትዮጵያውያን ብሔራዊ ንቅናቄ N AAll Ethiopia Socialist Movement Amharic መላ ኢትዮጵያ ሶሻሊስት ንቅናቄ CommunismMarxism Leninism Oldest communist party in Ethiopia Alliance for Freedom and Democracy Self determination Coalition of former separatist groups Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ዜጎች ለማኅበራዊ ፍትህ ye Itiyop iya zegochi le mahiberawi fitih Social justiceEthiopian nationalism Created through the merger of 7 opposition parties Ethiopian Democratic League N A Former member of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Ethiopian Democratic Party Amharic ከኢትዮጵያዊያን ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ Liberal nationalismEconomic liberalismPan Ethiopianism Member of Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum Medrek Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ Social democracyDemocratic socialismEthnic federalism Officially a coalition of 5 parties Ethiopian People s Revolutionary Party Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ Non ethnic federalism Former communist party Ethiopian Social Democratic Party Amharic ኢትዮጵያ ማህበረ ዴሞክራሲ ፌደራላዊ ፓርቲ Social democracy Former member of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces Ginbot 7 N A Political organisation Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia Oromo self determination Oromo militant party Kefagn Patriotic Front N A Formed by soldiers from the army of Mengistu Haile Mariam Oromo Federalist Congress Formed in 2012 from merger of OPC with OFDM 5 Rainbow Ethiopia Movement for Democracy and Social Justice N A Former member of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Sidama Liberation Front Sidama self determination Sidama militant group Western Somali Democratic Party Somali nationalism Former separatist group Coalition of Ethiopian Federalist Forces Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራሊስት ኃይሎች ጥምረት Ethnic federalismRevolutionary democracy Political coalition All Ethiopia Socialist Movement Amharic መላ ኢትዮጵያ ሶሻሊስት ንቅናቄ CommunismMarxism Leninism Member of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces 6 Other regional parties Edit Regional parties Name Native name Ideology Created NotesAll Amhara People s Organization Amharic yemelawi amara hizibi dirijiti Minority politics 1993 7 Former member of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces Afar Liberation Front Afar interests Former militant group turned political party Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front Afar Qafar Uguugumoh Demokrasiyyoh Inkiinoh Fooca Afar interestsSelf determination Afar militant party Arena Tigray early 2000s 8 Assimba Democratic Party social democracy 9 Oct 2019 9 Irob based party 10 Ethiopian People s Patriotic Front Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝብ አርበኞች ግንባር N A Rebel group formerly active in Eritrea Ethiopian Unity Patriots Front Ethiopian nationalismAnti Ethnic federalismDemocracyNuer tribalism c 1993 11 Part of the Ethiopian People s Patriotic Front Harari People s Democratic Party Amharic የሐረሪ ሕዝብ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓረቲ Minority politics Harari minority party National Movement of Amhara Minority politics Jun 2018 12 Ogaden National Liberation Front Somali Jabhadda Wadaniga Xoreynta Ogaadeenya Somali nationalism Somali militant organisation Oromo Liberation Front Oromo Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo Oromo nationalismSocialismSecularism Dec 1973 13 Oromo armed movement and party Sheko and Mezenger People s Democratic Unity Organization Amharic የሸኮና መዠንገር ህዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር Minority politics Sheko and Mezenger minority party Southern Ethiopia Peoples Democratic Coalition Minority politics A coalition from the Southern Nations Nationalities and People s Region Tigray for Democracy amp Justice Party citation needed Liberal democracy Tigrinyan opposition party against the TPLF Tigray Democratic Party Tigrinya ትግራይ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ Dec 2019 14 Defunct Parties EditDefunct parties Name Native name Ideology NotesUnity for Democracy and Justice Liberalism Merged into Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice Southern Ethiopian People s Democratic Movement Social democracyDemocratic socialismFederalismSelf determination Merged into the Prosperity Party Afar National Democratic Party Amharic የአፋር ብሔራዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ Afar interests Merged into the Prosperity Party Amhara Democratic Party Amharic አማራ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ Amhara interests Merged into the Prosperity Party Argoba Nationality Democratic Organization Amharic የአርጎባ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲዊ ንቅናቄ Minority politics Argoba minority party Benishangul Gumuz People s Democratic Unity Front Amharic የቤንሻንጉልና ጉሙዝ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲዊ አንድነት Minority politics Merged into the Prosperity Party Ethiopian Somali Democratic League Minority politics Somali ethnic party Ethiopian Somali People s Democratic Party Amharic የሶማሌ ዴሞክራሲዊ ፓርቲ Democratic socialism Merged into the Prosperity Party Gambela People s Democratic Movement Amharic የጋምቤላ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ንቅናቄ Minority politics Merged into the Prosperity Party Hareri National League Harari ዚሐረሪ መሐዲያ ሊግ Harari interests Merged into the Prosperity Party Oromo Democratic Party MarxismDemocratic socialismOromo self determination Merged into the Prosperity Party Oromo People s Congress Minority politics Former Oromo ethnic party Merged with OFDM in 2012 creating OFC 5 Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement Oromo Warraaqsa Federaalistii Uummata Oromoo Federalism 2005 15 2012 5 Oromo party Merged with OPC to create OFC Marxist Leninist League of Tigray CommunismMarxism LeninismHoxhaismAnti revisionism Semi clandestine group within the TPLF Ethiopian People s Revolutionary Democratic Front Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር Revolutionary democracyEthnic federalism De facto predecessor to the Prosperity Party Abyotawit Seded Amharic አብዮታዊ ሰደድ Communism Political organisation led by Mengistu Haile Mariam Union of Ethiopian Marxist Leninist Organizations Communism Early DERG era organisation Echat Communism DERG era predecessor to the Oromo Liberation Front Ethiopian Marxist Leninist Revolutionary Organization CommunismMarxism Leninism Early DERG era organisation Waz League CommunismMarxism Minor predecessor to the Workers Party of Ethiopia All Ethiopian Unity Party N A Former member of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia Amharic yaʼityoṗya saretoʼadaroc parti ʼadaraj komisen CommunismMarxism Leninism Main predecessor of the Workers Party of Ethiopia Workers Party of Ethiopia 1 Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ሠራተኞች ፓርቲ CommunismMarxism Leninism Former ruling party Semayawi Party Liberalism Merged into Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice Coalition for Unity and Democracy Ge ez ቅንጅት ለአንድነት እና ዴሞክራሲ Ethiopian nationalismCivic nationalismLiberalismFederalismPopulism Former coalition Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic Forces CommunismSocialism Formed by former arch rivals MEISON and Ihapa United Ethiopian Democratic Forces Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ዴሞክራሲዊ ኃይሎቸ ሕብረት Social democracySocial liberalism Former coalition Ethiopian Democratic Union ConservatismMonarchismAnti communism Helped form the Ethiopian Democratic Party Gambela People s Democratic Unity Party Nuer interests Formed due to mass displacement of Nuer people Gambela People s Liberation Movement Nuer interestsNational liberationAnti communism Former rebel group Horyaal Democratic Front Somali nationalismSeparatism Former Gadabuursi clan paramilitary group Issa and Gurgura Liberation Front Somali nationalismIssa interestsGurgura interests Former clan based rebel group Notes Edit1 In 2022 a party of the same name sent in application for a registration license it was denied by The National Election Board of Ethiopia NEBE in August of the same year 16 References Edit Ethiopian Politics Election 2020 www globalsecurity org Retrieved 2020 10 05 The EPRDF Officially Ends The Prosperity Party Begins Ezega News 2019 12 26 Archived from the original on 2020 12 16 Retrieved 2020 12 16 Berhe Aregawi 2008 A Political History of the Tigray People s Liberation Front 1975 1991 Revolt Ideology and Mobilisation in Ethiopia PDF The Horn of Africa Research and Knowledge Exchange Platform HAREP Amsterdam Archived PDF from the original on 2019 08 19 Retrieved 2020 12 16 Ethiopian Parlament Retrieved 2020 10 05 a b c Bekele Gerba speaks Addis Standard 2015 05 16 Archived from the original on 2021 02 18 Retrieved 2021 02 18 United Ethiopian Democratic Forces UEDF Member Organizations web archive org 2010 01 05 Retrieved 2022 12 27 Barder Brian 1999 05 25 Asrat Woldeyes The Guardian Archived from the original on 2014 05 13 Retrieved 2020 12 16 News Tigray interim admin CEO says Mekelle gets new mayor urges civil servants to resume work and cautions door to door search for unlawful firearms begins today Addis Standard 2020 12 15 Archived from the original on 2020 12 16 Retrieved 2020 12 16 a b Assimba Democratic Party established in Tigray border with Eritrea among top agenda Borkena 2019 10 03 Archived from the original on 2020 12 16 Retrieved 2020 12 16 Tesfaye Abel 2020 09 09 Tigray s election can accelerate the region s democratic reforms Ethiopia Insight Archived from the original on 2020 12 16 Retrieved 2020 12 16 EUPF 2014 10 25 Response to articles appearing on Nyamilepedia on 3rd October 2014 Nyamilepedia Archived from the original on 2020 12 17 Retrieved 2020 12 17 National Movement of Amhara party officially founded in Bahir Dar Borkena 2018 06 10 Archived from the original on 2020 12 25 Retrieved 2020 12 26 The Birth of the Oromo Liberation Front OLF Gadaa 2010 Archived from the original on 2013 09 01 Retrieved 2020 12 17 የትግራይ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ መስራች ጉባኤ መግለጫ Tigray Democracy Party PDF Tigray Democracy Party in Tigrinya 2019 12 14 Archived PDF from the original on 2020 12 16 Retrieved 2020 12 16 Wiren Robert 2005 04 04 Bulcha Demeksa Chairman of the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement OFDM Les nouvelles d Addis Archived from the original on 2007 08 10 Retrieved 2020 12 17 Monitor Ethiopian 2022 08 23 NEBE Rejects Party Registration Request under Ethiopian Workers Party Ethiopian Monitor Retrieved 2022 12 27 External links EditList of registered political parties on the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs webpage Alphabet Soup a 1995 list of Ethiopian parties prepared by the UN Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of political parties in Ethiopia amp oldid 1132146016, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
