Ethiopia in the past was the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
=== Federal Democratic Republic (1991-2023) ===In July 1991, the EPRDF convened a National Conference to establish the Transitional Government of Ethiopia composed of an 87-member Council of Representatives and guided by a national charter that functioned as a transitional constitution
 The nation now has a tiered governmental system consisting of a federal government overseeing regional states, zones, districts (woreda), and kebeles ("neighbourhoods")

