Ethiopian Democratic Party

Ethiopian Democratic Party
Amharic: የኢትዮጵያውያን ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ
PresidentAdane Tadesse
Secretary-GeneralSahlu Baye
Founded1974 (EDU)
1999 (EDP)
DissolvedJanuary 2021
Merged intoHibir Ethiopia Democratic Party
HeadquartersAddis Ababa
IdeologyLiberal nationalism
Economic liberalism
Ethiopian nationalism
Political positionCentre
Regional affiliationAfrica Liberal Network
International affiliationLiberal International
Website
edponline.org

The Ethiopian Democratic Party (Amharic: ከኢትዮጵያዊያን ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ)[romanization needed] is a political party in Ethiopia. The result of no less than five mergers of liberal and conservative liberal opposition parties, it could trace its roots to the Ethiopian Democratic Union, which mounted armed monarchist resistance to the Derg in the immediate aftermath of the overthrow of Haile Selassie I. In the legislative elections held on 15 May 2005, the United Ethiopian Democratic Party – Medhin, as it was then known, was part of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces, that won 52 out of 527 seats in the Council of People's Representatives. It won no seats in the 2010 elections.