2018 Ethiopian presidential election

A snap presidential election was held in Ethiopia on 25 October 2018, prompted by the resignation of incumbent Mulatu Teshome. It was the fifth presidential election of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to elect its fourth president.

2018 Ethiopian presidential election
25 October 2018
 
Nominee Sahle-Work Zewde
Party Independent
Electoral vote 659 (unanimous)
President before election

Mulatu Teshome
OPDO

 Elected President

Sahle-Work Zewde
Independent

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Diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde was elected without contest to a six-year term, becoming Ethiopia's first non-royal female head of state and the first female head of state since the death of Empress Zewditu in 1930.

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