1987 Constitution of Ethiopia | |
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Overview | |
Jurisdiction | People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (present day Ethiopia and Eritrea) |
Presented | June 1986 |
Date effective | 22 February 1987 |
System | Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic |
Executive | National Shengo |
The Constitution of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ ሕገ መንግሥት, romanized: Ye-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]