1987 Constitution of Ethiopia

1987 Constitution of Ethiopia
1987 Constitution of Ethiopia
Overview
Jurisdiction	People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (present day Ethiopia and Eritrea)
Presented	June 1986
Date effective	22 February 1987
System	Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic
Executive	National Shengo

The Constitution of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝቦች ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ ሕገ መንግሥት, romanized: Ye-Ītyōṗṗyā Həzbāwī Dīmōkrāsīyāwī Rīpeblīk Ḥige Menigišit), also known as the 1987 Constitution of Ethiopia, was the third constitution of Ethiopia, and went into effect on 22 February 1987 after a referendum on 1 February of that year. Its adoption inaugurated the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE).^[1]

^ Tekle, Amare (1988). "The New Constitution of Ethiopia". Journal of African Studies (UCLA). 15 (3–4): 80–93.

[1] Tekle, Amare (1988). "The New Constitution of Ethiopia". Journal of African Studies (UCLA). 15 (3–4): 80–93.

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