Ethiopia

About parliament

Basic information such as the official name of parliament and details of its structure and leadership. Also includes the current breakdown of MPs by sex and age, and provisions for quotas and reserved seats.

Chamber name
Yehizb Tewokayoch Mekir Bete (House of Peoples' Representatives)
Structure & Status of parliament This field is to indicate lower/upper in the back end.
Lower chamber
Parliamentary term (years)
5

IPU membership

Affiliation periods
from 1962 to 1975
from 1989
IPU Geopolitical Group/s IPU Geopolitical Groups: African Group, Arab Group, Asia-Pacific Group, Eurasia Group, Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC), Twelve Plus Group.
African Group

Speaker

Official title The Speaker may for example be known as the Presiding Officer, President, Chairman/Chairperson, etc.
Speaker of the House of People's Representatives
Speaker
Tagesse Chaffo (Male)
Year of birth
1970
Term
17.10.2018
Additional information
Elected on 17 Oct. 2018, re-elected on 4 Oct. 2021.
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Secretary General

Official title This post is most commonly called Secretary General or Clerk. It may also be called Secretary, Head/Chief of the Secretariat, Director General, etc.
Secretary General
Secretary General
Mesrak Mekonnen Yetneberk (Female)
Notes Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 8 June 2018.

Members

Statutory number of members Statutory number of members, as defined in the constitution or other fundamental law.
Principal mode of designation of members
Directly elected members Directly elected by citizens.
547
Current number of members Number of members who currently hold seats in parliament. May be lower or higher than the statutory number of members.
472
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Men The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
277
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Women The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
195
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Percentage of women Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
41.31% See historical data for this field.
Statutory number of members per country As defined in the constitution or other fundamental laws. Combines the number of parliamentarians in both chambers in bicameral parliaments.
700 See historical data for this field.
Population (in thousands)
Click for historical data
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Age

Data on the age of parliamentarians is collected at the start of the legislature, following the most recent elections. This data is not updated during the legislature, except when parliament notifies the IPU of a change in the youngest or oldest member.

Average age of all members Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
40.46
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Youngest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Fayima Sh/Jamaal Aba Maca (Female)
Oldest member (years) Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
71
Oldest member
Dr. Dima Nagao Sarboo (Male)
Number of members, by age
Breakdown of members by age and gender
18 - 20 21 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 91 and over Totals per gender
Totals per age interval 0 18 223 94 74 54 7 1 0 0
Total <= 45: 335 Total >= 46: 136
Male 0 4 95 67 53 49 7 1 0 0 276
Female 0 14 128 27 21 5 0 0 0 0 195
Percentage of members, by age
Age as last election or renewalOverallMaleFemale
Percentage of MPs 30 years of age or younger3.82%0.85%2.97%
Percentage of MPs 40 years of age or younger51.17%21.02%30.15%
Percentage of MPs 45 years of age or younger71.13%35.24%35.88%
Members for whom data is available
471 See historical data for this field.

Reserved seats and quotas

There are reserved seats in parliament for certain groups Reserved seats are a means to ensure the parliamentary representation of certain groups in society.

Number of reserved seats, by group

Minorities
20
Notes
Constitution, art. 54 (3)
Electoral quota for women Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.