The Prosperity Party, abbreviated PP, is a political party of Ethiopia, a federal parliamentary republic. The Factbook archive lists it among the parties of Ethiopia and records it as winning 448 seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives, which has 547 directly elected seats, at the elections held between 21 June and 30 September 2021, with 22 seats going to other parties. Abiy Ahmed Ali is listed as Prime Minister since April 2018, and the archive notes that the House of Peoples' Representatives is responsible for passing legislation.
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Institution TypePolitical Party Organization 1 Founded Year Connections
Governing Party Of
Source Abiy Ahmed (Wikipedia)
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1. Prosperity Party (CIA World Factbook archive, Ethiopia)
Government: parties
Prosperity Party (448); Other (22)
In Group: Parties of Parliamentary Systems and Constitutional Monarchies, Government: government type
Government.Government type.text: federal parliamentary republic
View the Source2. Ethiopian News Agency: The First Congress of Prosperity Party and Public Expectations
Ethiopian News AgencyThe Genesis of Prosperity PartyQuote, The Genesis of Prosperity Party
The Prosperity Party was formed and formally recognized by the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) in December 2019 through the merging of three EPRDF member parties, namely, the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), the Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) and the Southern Ethiopian Peoples’ Democratic Movement (SEPDM).
Abiy Ahmed (Wikipedia)
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Abiy Ahmed Ali (born 15 August 1976) is an Ethiopian politician who is the current prime minister of Ethiopia and the leader of the Prosperity Party since 2019.
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