Description of electoral system:
- The President is elected by indirect vote to serve a 6-year term.
- The Prime Minister is elected by parliament.
- In the House of Federation (Yefedereshein Mekir Bete) 110 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 5-year terms*.
- In the House of People’s Representatives (Yehizb Tewokayoch Mekir Bete) 547 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.**
* Seats are apportioned to each region in proportion to its number of millions of citizens. Each region (i.e. “Nation, Nationality, or People”) has a minimum of one seat. Members are elected to these seats by regional councils. Regional councils may opt to hold direct elections, but none currently does.
** 22 constituencies are reserved to nationally recognized “Nationalities and Peoples.”
Ethiopian presidential elections, 2013:
The 2013 Ethiopian presidential election will be the fourth presidential election of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to elect the country’s third president. On the 8th of October 2013, the president will be elected by the parliament to a six-year term. Incumbent president Girma Wolde-Giorgis is barred from seeking re-election due to term limits.
Prime minister of Ethiopia:
Following the death of Ethiopia’s long-time Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on 20 August 2012, Deputy PM Hailemariam was appointed as the acting Premier. Hailemariam became the permanent Prime Minister on 21 September 2012.
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