State Structure

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia shall have a parliamentarian form of government.

1. The Federal Democratic Republic shall be comprised of States.

2. The States shall be delimited on basis of the settlement patterns, identity, language and consent of the people concerned.

1. Member States of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia are the following:

1. Tigray

2. Afar

3. Amara

4. Oromia

5. Somali

6. Benshangul/Gumez

8. Gambela

7. Southern Nations, Nationalities & Peoples

9. Harari People

(a) When the demand for statehood has been approved by a two-thirds majority of the members of the State Council, and the demand is presented in writing to the Council;

(b) When the Council that received the demand has organized a referendum within one year to be held in the nation, nationality or people that made the demand;

(c) When the demand for statehood a supported by a majority vote in the referendum;

(d) When the State Council will have transferred its powers to the nation, nationality or the people that made demand; and

(e) When the new state created by the referendum, without any further questions, directly becomes a member of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

4. Member States of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia shall have equal powers and rights.

1. All State border disputes shall be settled by agreements of the concerned States. Where the concerned States fail to reach agreement, the Federal Council shall decide in the basis of settlement patterns of peoples and the wishes of the people or peoples concerned.

1. Addis Ababa shall be the Capital city of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

2. The residents if Addis Ababa shall have a full measure of self-government. The Laws shall be enacted to that end.

3. The Administration of Addis Ababa shall be responsible to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

4. Residents of Addis Ababa shall be represented, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, in the Council of Peoples’ Representatives.

5. The special interest of Oromia in Addis Ababa shall be respected in the provision of social services, the utilization of natural resources and in joint administrative matters arising from the location of Addis Ababa within Oromia State. The law shall specify the particulars.