Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front

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political coalition political party ruling party

The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front was a coalition of rebel groups that became Ethiopia's dominant ruling party after overthrowing the Derg regime in 1991 and governed the country until 2019.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front canonical 5
Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front 4
EPRDF 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political coalition ⓘ
political party ⓘ
ruling party ⓘ
armedWing EPRDF rebel forces ⓘ
cameToPowerBy overthrow of the Derg regime ⓘ
coalitionMember Amhara National Democratic Movement ⓘ
Oromo People's Democratic Organization ⓘ
Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement ⓘ
Tigray People's Liberation Front ⓘ
surface form: Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
constitutionalChange oversaw adoption of 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia ⓘ
controlledInstitution Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Council of Ministers of Ethiopia

Ethiopian Parliament ⓘ
surface form: House of Peoples' Representatives of Ethiopia

regional state governments in Ethiopia ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
dissolved 2019 ⓘ
endOfRule 2019 ⓘ
foreignPolicyOrientation close relations with Western donors ⓘ
strategic alliance with United States on security issues ⓘ
founded 1988 ⓘ
foundingLeader Meles Zenawi ⓘ
governanceStyle dominant-party system ⓘ
governedDuringEvent 2005 Ethiopian general election ⓘ
2015–2016 Ethiopian protests ⓘ
Eritrean–Ethiopian War ⓘ
Ethiopian famine of 2002–2003 ⓘ
governedEntity Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
headquarters Addis Ababa ⓘ
ideology ethnic federalism ⓘ
left-wing nationalism ⓘ
revolutionary democracy ⓘ
implementedPolicy Agricultural Development-Led Industrialization strategy ⓘ
ethnic-based regional states ⓘ
state-led development model ⓘ
introducedSystem ethnic federal system in Ethiopia ⓘ
legalStatus banned after 2019 as separate party structure in federal politics ⓘ
notableLeader Abiy Ahmed ⓘ
Hailemariam Desalegn ⓘ
Meles Zenawi ⓘ
originatedAs coalition of rebel groups ⓘ
overthrew Derg ⓘ
participatedIn Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Civil War (against Derg)
politicalPosition centre-left ⓘ
left-wing ⓘ
predecessor Tigray People's Liberation Front ⓘ
surface form: Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
recognizedAs dominant political force in Ethiopia from 1991 to 2019 ⓘ
shortName Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: EPRDF
startOfRule 1991 ⓘ
successor Prosperity Party ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethiopian Civil War → mainBelligerent → Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
Mengistu Haile Mariam (as Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council and later President) → opposedBy → Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Mengistu Haile Mariam
this entity surface form: Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front
Eritrean People's Liberation Front → opponent → Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
London peace talks of 1991 → participant → Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front
Mengistu Haile Mariam → opposedBy → Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front
Tigray People's Liberation Front → foughtAgainst → Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (post-2018 federal government)
Tigray People's Liberation Front → partOf → Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
Tigray People's Liberation Front → joinedAlliance → Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
Meles Zenawi → wasLeaderOf → Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party → conflictWith → Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front → shortName → Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: EPRDF