<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Name </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Birth -- Death </Th> <Th> Election </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Political party ( Coalition ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Ethiopian Empire ( 1137 -- 1974 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis Dinagde </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1851 -- 1927 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1909 </Td> <Td> 1927 ( Died in Office ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Ras Tafari Makonnen </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1892 -- 1975 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1927 </Td> <Td> 1 May 1936 ( Exiled ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Betwoded Wolde Tzaddick </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1 May 1936 </Td> <Td> 14 May 1942 </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Ras Betwoded Makonnen Endelkachew </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1890 -- 1963 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 14 May 1942 </Td> <Td> 27 November 1957 </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Ras Abebe Aregai </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1903 -- 1960 </Td> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> 27 November 1957 </Td> <Td> 17 December 1960 ( Assassinated ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> -- </Th> <Td> Leul Ras Imru Haile Selassie </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1892 -- 1980 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 14 December 1960 </Td> <Td> 17 December 1960 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Vacant ( 17 December 1960 -- 17 April 1961 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte - Wold </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1912 -- 1974 </Td> <Td> 1961 1965 1969 1973 </Td> <Td> 17 April 1961 </Td> <Td> 1 March 1974 ( Resigned ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> Lij Endelkachew Makonnen </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1927 -- 1974 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1 March 1974 </Td> <Td> 22 July 1974 ( Imprisoned by the Derg ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Vacant ( 22 July 1974 -- 3 August 1974 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> Lij Mikael Imru </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1929 -- 2008 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 3 August 1974 </Td> <Td> 12 September 1974 ( Deposed by the Derg ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Derg ( Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia ) ( 1974 -- 1987 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Post Abolished ( 12 September 1974 -- 10 September 1987 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> People 's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ( 1987 -- 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> Fikre Selassie Wogderess </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 1945 -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 September 1987 </Td> <Td> 8 November 1989 ( Dismissed ) </Td> <Td> WPE </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td> Hailu Yimenu Acting Prime Minister </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> ? -- 1991 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 8 November 1989 </Td> <Td> 26 April 1991 </Td> <Td> WPE </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11 </Th> <Td> Tesfaye Dinka Acting Prime Minister </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1939 -- 2016 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 26 April 1991 </Td> <Td> 6 June 1991 ( Deposed ) </Td> <Td> WPE </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Transitional Government of Ethiopia ( 1991 -- 1995 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> Tamrat Layne Interim Prime Minister </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1955 -- </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 6 June 1991 </Td> <Td> 22 August 1995 </Td> <Td> ANDM ( EPRDF ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ( 1995 -- present ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13 </Th> <Td> Meles Zenawi </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1955 -- 2012 </Td> <Td> 1995 2000 2005 </Td> <Td> 23 August 1995 </Td> <Td> 20 August 2012 ( Died in Office ) </Td> <Td> TPLF ( EPRDF ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 14 </Th> <Td> Hailemariam Desalegn </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1965 -- </Td> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> 20 August 2012 ( Acting PM 20 Aug -- 21 Sept 2012 ) </Td> <Td> 2 April 2018 ( Caretaker PM 15 Feb -- 2 Apr 2018 ) </Td> <Td> SEPDM ( EPRDF ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> Abiy Ahmed </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1976 -- </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 2 April 2018 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> ODP ( EPRDF ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Name </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Birth -- Death </Th> <Th> Election </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Political party ( Coalition ) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Ethiopian Empire ( 1137 -- 1974 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis Dinagde </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1851 -- 1927 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1909 </Td> <Td> 1927 ( Died in Office ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Ras Tafari Makonnen </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1892 -- 1975 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1927 </Td> <Td> 1 May 1936 ( Exiled ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Betwoded Wolde Tzaddick </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1 May 1936 </Td> <Td> 14 May 1942 </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Ras Betwoded Makonnen Endelkachew </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1890 -- 1963 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 14 May 1942 </Td> <Td> 27 November 1957 </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Ras Abebe Aregai </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1903 -- 1960 </Td> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> 27 November 1957 </Td> <Td> 17 December 1960 ( Assassinated ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> -- </Th> <Td> Leul Ras Imru Haile Selassie </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1892 -- 1980 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 14 December 1960 </Td> <Td> 17 December 1960 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Vacant ( 17 December 1960 -- 17 April 1961 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte - Wold </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1912 -- 1974 </Td> <Td> 1961 1965 1969 1973 </Td> <Td> 17 April 1961 </Td> <Td> 1 March 1974 ( Resigned ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> Lij Endelkachew Makonnen </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1927 -- 1974 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1 March 1974 </Td> <Td> 22 July 1974 ( Imprisoned by the Derg ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Vacant ( 22 July 1974 -- 3 August 1974 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> Lij Mikael Imru </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1929 -- 2008 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 3 August 1974 </Td> <Td> 12 September 1974 ( Deposed by the Derg ) </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Derg ( Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia ) ( 1974 -- 1987 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Post Abolished ( 12 September 1974 -- 10 September 1987 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> People 's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ( 1987 -- 1991 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> Fikre Selassie Wogderess </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> c. 1945 -- </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 September 1987 </Td> <Td> 8 November 1989 ( Dismissed ) </Td> <Td> WPE </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td> Hailu Yimenu Acting Prime Minister </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> ? -- 1991 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 8 November 1989 </Td> <Td> 26 April 1991 </Td> <Td> WPE </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11 </Th> <Td> Tesfaye Dinka Acting Prime Minister </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1939 -- 2016 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 26 April 1991 </Td> <Td> 6 June 1991 ( Deposed ) </Td> <Td> WPE </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Transitional Government of Ethiopia ( 1991 -- 1995 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> Tamrat Layne Interim Prime Minister </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1955 -- </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 6 June 1991 </Td> <Td> 22 August 1995 </Td> <Td> ANDM ( EPRDF ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="8"> Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ( 1995 -- present ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13 </Th> <Td> Meles Zenawi </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1955 -- 2012 </Td> <Td> 1995 2000 2005 </Td> <Td> 23 August 1995 </Td> <Td> 20 August 2012 ( Died in Office ) </Td> <Td> TPLF ( EPRDF ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 14 </Th> <Td> Hailemariam Desalegn </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1965 -- </Td> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> 20 August 2012 ( Acting PM 20 Aug -- 21 Sept 2012 ) </Td> <Td> 2 April 2018 ( Caretaker PM 15 Feb -- 2 Apr 2018 ) </Td> <Td> SEPDM ( EPRDF ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> Abiy Ahmed </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1976 -- </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 2 April 2018 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> ODP ( EPRDF ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
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