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Ethiopia: Polity Style: 1268-2024

? ? 1268 - 9 May 1936 yä’Ityoṗṗya Nəguśä Nägäśt Mängəśt | Empire of Ethiopia
9 May 1936 - 5 May 1941 part of Africa Orientale Italiana, a Colony of Italy
18 Jan 1941 - 12 Sep 1974 yä’Ityoṗṗya Nəguśä Nägäśt Mängəśt | Empire of Ethiopia
12 Sep 1974 - 12 Sep 1987 ’Ityoṗṗya | Ethiopia [1]
12 Sep 1987 name of the state is changed in accordance with the Constitution of 1987 which took effect on a date prescribed by the Proclamation issued on 12 Sep 1987 in Addis Ababa (Official Gazette, No. 1, 12 Sep 1987, p. 1)
12 Sep 1987 - 27 May 1991 yä’Ityoṗṗya Ḥəzbawi Dimokrasiyawi Räpäblik | People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
27 May 1991 - 22 Aug 1995 ’Ityoṗṗya | Ethiopia
22 Aug 1995 a proclamation declaring the Constitution of 1994 effective is approved, session of the Council of the People's Representatives, Addis Ababa; signed into law by the President of the Republic [backdated to 21 Aug 1995] (Ethiopian Herald, No. 290, 23 Aug 1995, p. 1; Official Gazette, No. 1, 21 Aug 1995, p. 1)
22 Aug 1995 - yä’Ityoṗṗya Federalawi Dimokrasiyawi Räpäblik | Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

[1] Following the publication of political and economic programme "Ethiopian Socialism" (20 Dec 1974), the word "Socialist" was frequently added to the name of the polity in official use: Ḫəbrätäsäb’awit ’Ityoṗṗya (Socialist Ethiopia).