2024 Ethiopian presidential election explained

Election Name:2024 Ethiopian presidential election
Country:Ethiopia
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Party Name:yes
Previous Election:2018 Ethiopian presidential election
Previous Year:2018
Next Election:2030 Ethiopian presidential election
Next Year:2030
Election Date:7 October 2024
Nominee1:Taye Atske Selassie
Electoral Vote1:Unopposed
Party1:Independent (politician)
President
Before Election:Sahle-Work Zewde
Before Party:Independent
After Election:Taye Atske Selassie
After Party:Independent

A presidential election was held in Ethiopia on 7 October 2024 to elect its next president.[1]

Diplomat and outgoing minister of foreign affairs Taye Atske Selassie was elected without contest to a six-year term amid tensions between former president Sahle-Work Zewde and prime minister Abiy Ahmed.[2]

Electoral process

A presidential candidate is required to be elected by a joint session of the House of Federation and the House of Peoples' Representatives, the upper house and lower house of the Ethiopian parliament, the Federal Parliamentary Assembly, respectively.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Yibeltal . Kalkidan . Ethiopia president replaced after falling out with PM . 9 October 2024 . BBC . 7 October 2024.
  2. News: Tadesse . Fasika . Ethiopia Lawmakers Vote Taye as New President in Surprise Move . 9 October 2024 . Bloomberg . 7 October 2024.
  3. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iNyz81x7Btj8QhJPOcTPE9Q5yltA "Ethiopian president reelected for new six-year-term"