| | In May 1995, Ethiopia went to the polls in the first nation-wide parliamentary elections in the history of the country to elect federal and regional assemblies. These elections marked the end of the four-year transition that began with the decisive military defeat of the 17-year-long military dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam, popularly known as the Derg ('committee' ), in May 1991, by two Fronts: the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), and the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF). |
