1987 Constitution of Ethiopia

1987 Constitution of Ethiopia
Overview
JurisdictionPeople's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (present day Ethiopia and Eritrea)
PresentedJune 1986
Date effective22 February 1987; 37 years ago (1987-02-22)
SystemUnitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic
ExecutiveNational Shengo

The Constitution of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ ሕገ መንግሥት, romanizedYe-Ītyōṗṗyā Həzbāwī Dīmōkrāsīyāwī Rīpeblīk Ḥige Menigišit), also known as the 1987 Constitution of Ethiopia, was the third constitution of Ethiopia, and went into effect on 22 February 1987 after a referendum on 1 February of that year. Its adoption inaugurated the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE).[1]

  1. ^ Tekle, Amare (1988). "The New Constitution of Ethiopia". Journal of African Studies (UCLA). 15 (3–4): 80–93.