Speaker of the House of Peoples' Representatives explained

The speaker of the Ethiopian House of Peoples Representatives is the presiding officer over the House. The current speaker is Tagesse Chafo who succeeded Muferiat Kamil when Kamil was promoted to become the minister of peace. ^[1]

The inaugural holder of this post was Dawit Yohannes who became speaker in 1995. He left the role in 2005 after serving for 10 years. ^[2]

List of speakers of the House of Peoples' Representatives

Name	Entered office	Left office
Dawit Yohannes^[3]	August 23, 1995	October 10, 2005
Teshome Toga	October 10, 2005	October 3, 2010
Abadula Gemeda	October 4, 2010	April 19, 2018
Muferiat Kamil^[4]	April 19, 2018	October 16, 2018
Tagesse Chafo^[5]	October 18, 2018	Present

References

1. Web site: Ethiopian parliament elected Tagesse Chafo as Speaker of the House. en-US. 2019-03-23.
2. Web site: NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ETHIOPIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS Meetings Coverage and Press Releases. www.un.org. 2019-03-23.
3. Vips. World Parliaments
4. Official website of the House of Peoples' Representatives
5. Official website of the House of Peoples' Representatives