Ethiopia Regions

Party abbreviations: AAPO = All-Amhara People's Organization; ADU = Afar Democratic Union (Afar regionalist); ALF = Afar Liberation Front (or Afar Sultanate Liberation Front); ANDM = Amhara National Democratic Movement; ANDP = Afar People's Democratic Organization; APDO = Afar People's Democratic Organization; B-GPDUF = Benishangul-Gumuz People's Democratic Unity Front; EPRDF = Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front; GPDF = Gambella People's Democratic Front; GPDM = Gambella People's Democratic Movement; HNL = Hareri National League; ONLF = Ogaden National Liberation Front; OPDO = Oromo People's Democratic Organization (Omoro regionalist); SEPDM = Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement; SPDP = Somali People's Democratic Party; TPLF = Tigre People's Liberation Front (Tigre regionalist); WSLF = Western Somali Liberation Front (Ogaden regionalist, Somali separatist 1974-1989);
- Former parties: EPDM = Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (later ANDM); SEPDF = Southern Ethiopia People's Democratic Front (later SEPDM)

1994                       Addis Ababa Federal Capital District.

Mayors and Chairmen of Administrative Council  
1993 - 1996                Tefera Walwa                                          ANDM
1996 - 24 Jan 2003         Ali Abdo                                              OPDO
24 Jan 2003 -  9 May 2006  Arkebe Oqubay                                         TPLF
 9 May 2006 - 20 May 2008  Birhane Deressa (acting)                              Non-party
20 May 2008 -              Kuma Demeksa                       (b. 1958)          EPRDF

1998                       Dire Dawa Chartered City, separated from Oromiya Region.

1994                       Afar National Regional State.

Presidents of the Executive Committee
1992? - 1995               Habib Ali Mirah                                       ALF 
Sep 1995 - Mar 1996        Hanfareh Ali Mirah                                    ALF
Mar 1996 -                 Ismail Ali Serro                                      APDO/ANDP 

1994                       Amhara National Regional State.

Presidents of the Executive Committee
1992 - Oct 2000            Adisu Legese                                          ANDM 
Oct 2000 -  5 Oct 2005     Yoseph Reta                        (b. 1956)          ANDM
 5 Oct 2005 -              Ayalew Gobezie                                        ANDM

1994                       Benishangul-Gumuz National Regional State.

Presidents of the Executive Committee
199. - 1995                Ateyb Ahmed
Jul 1995 - Nov 2008        Yaregal Ayisheshum                 (b. 1968)           B-GPDUF
Nov 2008 -                 Ahmed Nasir Ahmed                                      B-GPDUF

1994                       Gambella National Regional State.

Presidents of the Executive Committee
1992 - 1997                Okello Ouman                                          GPDM
Aug 1997 - 2003            Okello Gnigelo                                        GPDF
2003 - 2004                Okello Akway
Jan 2004 - 2005            Keat Tuach Bithow (acting)
29 Sep 2005 -              Umed Ubong                                            GPDM

1994                       Harari National Regional State.

Presidents of the Executive Committee
199. - 199.                Haji Gotu
199. - Sep 1999            Abdulahi Idris Ibrahim
Sep 1999 - Sep 2000        Gazali Mohammed
Sep 2000 - Oct 2000        Nuria Abdulahi (f)
Oct 2000 -  3 Oct 2005     Fuad Ibrahim                                         HNL
 3 Oct 2005 -              Murad Abdulhadi                                      HNL

1994                       Oromiya National Regional State.

Presidents of the Executive Committee
1992? - 1995               Hassan Ali                                            OPDO
1995 - 24 Jul 2001         Kuma Demeksa                       (b. 1958)          OPDP
28 Oct 2001 -  6 Oct 2005  Juneidi Sad
 6 Oct 2005 -              Abadulla Gemeda                                       OPDO

to 2008

Adopted 2008

1994                       Somali National Regional State.

Presidents of the Executive Committee
Jan 1993 - Nov 1993        Abdulahi Muhammed Sa'adi                               ONLF
Dec 1993 - Apr 1994        Hassan Jire Kalinle                                    ONLF
Apr 1994 - Nov 1994        Ugaz Abdulrahman Abd Ghani                             Non-party
1995 - Oct 1997            Id Tahir Farah                                         SPDP
Oct 1997 - Oct 2000        Mohammed Ma'alin Ali                                   ONLF
Oct 2000 - 2003            Abdul Reshid Dulane                                    SPDP
2003 - 2005                Abdul Jibril (acting)                                  SPDP
Oct 2005 - Oct 2008        Abdulahi Hassen Mohammed                               SPDP
Oct 2008 -                 Daud Mohamed Ali                                       SPDP 

1994                       Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Regional States.

Presidents of the Executive Committee
1992 - 2001                Abate Kisho                                           SEPDF
12 Nov 2001 - Mar 2006     Hailemariam Desalegne                                 EPRDF 
Mar 2006 -                 Shiferaw Shigutie                                     SEPDM

1994                       Tigray National Regional State.

Presidents of the Executive Committee
1992 -  9 Apr 2001         Gebru Asrat                                           TPLF
 9 Apr 2001 -              Tsegay Berhe                       (b. 1947)          TPLF
                             (acting to 17 Nov 2001)