Government of the Ethiopian Empire

The Government of the Ethiopian Empire was historically based on the framework of absolute monarchy with a feudal system, where religious legitimacy and the wealthier class were generally prone to priority. Societies were characterized by social inequality and opportunities for social mobility through military performance. There are famines, droughts and illegitimate land acquisition from peasants and landowners.

Imperial government of Ethiopia
The Lion of Judah—emblem of the Ethiopian Empire
Formation1270
Extinction12 September 1974
Country
Legislative branch
Legislature
Executive branch
Yekuno Amlak (first) (1270–1285)Emperor
Haile Selassie (last) (1930–1974)Emperor
Headquarters
  • National Palace, Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire (1930–1974)
  • Menelik Palace, Addis Ababa (1889–1930)
  • Yohannes IV Palace, Mekelle (1871–1889)
  • Amba Mariam, Wollo Province (1855–1871)
  • Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar (17th century – 1855)
  • Remote residence (until 17th century)
Main organ
  • Chamber of Senate and Chamber of Deputies (1955–1974)
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History of Ethiopia
Early history
Prehistory  
Dʿmt 980 – 400 BC
Middle Ages
Aksum 100 – 940 AD
Zagwe dynasty 900–1270
Early Solomonic period 1270–1529
Amda Seyon's Expansions 1314–1344
Early modern history
Ethiopian–Adal War 1527–1543
Oromo migrations 1543 – 17th cent.
Habesh Eyalet 1557 – 17th cent.
Gondarine period 1632–1769
Zemene Mesafint 1769–1855
Ottoman border conflict 1832–1848
Modern history
Unification 1855–1913
Menelik's Invasions 1878–1904
First Italo–Ethiopian War 1895–1896
Modernization 1913–1974
World War I 1914–1918
Second Italo–Ethiopian War 1935–1936
Italian East Africa 1936–1941
World War II 1941
Italian guerrilla war 1941–1943
Federation with Eritrea 1952–1962
Eritrean Independence War 1961–1991
Ethiopian Civil War 1974–1991
Ogaden War 1977–1978
Recent history
Eritrean–Ethiopian War 1998–2000
Eritrean border conflict 1998–2018
Police massacre 2005
War in Somalia 2006–2009
East Africa drought 2011–2012
Oromo protests 2014–2016
Ethiopian civil conflict 2018–present
Tigray War 2020–2022
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Under Emperor Menelik II, Ethiopia became a centralized state under a multiethnic empire with over 80 ethnic groups despite having Shewan Amhara dominance. Ethiopia was then modernized by Emperor Haile Selassie after his coronation in 1930, bringing two constitutions in 1931 and revisited in 1955 that was a unitary parliamentary system with the legislature divided into the Chamber of Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

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