Workers' Party of Ethiopia

Workers' Party of Ethiopia
የኢትዮጵያ ሠራተኞች ፓርቲ
General SecretaryMengistu Haile Mariam
Founded10–12 September 1984
Dissolved21 May 1991
Preceded byCOPWE
HeadquartersAddis Ababa
NewspaperSerto Ader
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-left
Party flag

The Workers' Party of Ethiopia (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሠራተኞች ፓርቲ, romanizedYe'Ityopia Serategnoch Parti, WPE) was a Marxist–Leninist communist party in Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991 led by General Secretary Mengistu Haile Mariam.[1] The Workers' Party of Ethiopia was founded in 1984 by the Derg, the ruling provisional government of Ethiopia, as the vanguard party for a planned future socialist state. In 1987, the WPE became the ruling party after the establishment of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and the only legal political party until it was disbanded in 1991. A party was attempted to be formed with the same name in August 2022, but the application was rejected.[2]

  1. ^ "Ethiopia - Socialist Ethiopia (1974–91) | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. ^ Monitor, Ethiopian (23 August 2022). "NEBE Rejects Party Registration Request under 'Ethiopian Workers Party'". Ethiopian Monitor. Retrieved 29 September 2022.