Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front | |
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| Chairman | Abiy Ahmed (2018–19) |
| Deputy Chairman | Demeke Mekonnen (2018–19) |
| Founded | 8 May 1988 (37 years, 312 days) |
| Dissolved | 1 December 2019 (6 years, 105 days) |
| Succeeded by | Prosperity Party |
| Headquarters | Addis Ababa |
| Newspaper | New Vision |
| Youth wing | EPRDF Youth League |
| Women's wing | EPRDF Women's League |
| Membership (2011) | 6,000,000 |
| Ideology | 1991–2019: Revolutionary democracy Democratic socialism Social democracy Ethnic federalism Poly-ethnic nationalism 1988—1991: Marxism–Leninism Hoxhaism |
| Political position | 1991–2019: Centre-left to left-wing 1988–1991: Far-left |
| Colours | Red |
| Website | |
| eprdf | |
| Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front | |
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| Leaders | |
| Dates of operation | 8 May 1988 – 1 December 2019 (31 years, 207 days) |
| Headquarters | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Ideology | Ethnic federalism |
| Status | Dissolved. Its ideology still permeates Ethiopian politics. |
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| Opponents | |
| Wars | Oromo conflict, Ethiopian Civil War, Eritrean–Ethiopian War |
The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF; Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች አብዮታዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ግንባር, romanized: Ye’Ītiyop’iya Ḥizibochi Ābiyotawī Dīmokirasīyawī Ginibari) was an ethnic federalist political coalition in Ethiopia that existed from 1988 to 2019. It consisted of four political parties: the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), Amhara Democratic Party (ADP), Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) and Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (SEPDM). After leading the overthrow of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it dominated Ethiopian politics from 1991 to 2019. In November 2019, the EPRDF was dissolved, and Prime Minister and EPDRF chairman Abiy Ahmed merged three of the constituent parties (not including the TPLF) into his new Prosperity Party, which was officially founded on 1 December 2019.