| Tenure
| Incumbent
| Affliation
| Notes
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| 1942 to 1 November 1957 | Makonnen Endelkachew, Prime Minister | |
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| 27 November 1957 to 15 December 1960 | Abebe Aragai, Prime Minister | |
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| 17 April 1961 to 1 March 1974 | Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold, Prime Minister | |
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| 1 March 1974 to 22 July 1974 | Endelkachew Makonnen, Prime Minister | |
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| 3 August 1974 to 12 September 1974 | Mikael Imru , Prime Minister | |
|
| 12 September 1974 to 10 September 1987 | Post abolished |
|
| People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
|
| 10 September 1987 to 8 November 1989 | Fikre Selassie Wogderess , Prime Minister | EWP |
|
| 8 November 1989 to 26 April 1991 | Hailu Yimenu , acting Prime Minister | EWP |
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| 26 April 1991 to 27 May 1991 | Tesfaye Dinka , acting Prime Minister | EWP |
|
| Ethiopia ኢትዮጵያ (Ityop’iya)
|
| 27 May 1991 to 6 June 1991 | Tesfaye Dinka , acting Prime Minister | EWP |
|
| 6 June 1991 to 22 August 1995 | Tamirat Layne, acting Prime Minister | EPDM |
|
| Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
|
| የኢትዮጵያ ፈደራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ (Ityop’iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik)
|
| 23 August 1995 to present | Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister | TPLF/EPRDF |
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