Leftist Parties of Ethiopia

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '05	OTHER
All Ethiopian Socialist Movement		AESM / MEISON			ex-com.	ex-SU		f. 1968; in UEDF
Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front		EPRDF			ex-stal.	ex-Alb.	1 of 547	f. 1989; alliance dominated by TPLF
Amhara National Democratic Movement		ANDM			ex-stal.	ex-Alb.	87 of 547	f. 1980 as Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement as split from EPRP, led by Addisu Legesse
Oromo People's Democratic Organization		OPDO			ex-stal.	ex-Alb.	109 of 547	f. 1990, led by Abadula Gemeda
Southern Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Front		SEPDF					91 of 547	led by Kasu Illala, alliance of around 20 organizations
Tigray People's Liberation Front		TPLF			ex-stal.	ex-Alb.	38 of 547	f. 1975, led by Meles Zenawi
Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Party	Ye Ityopia Hizbawi Abyotawi Parti	EPRP / Ihapa	Demokrasiya	e-mail	ex-mao., liberal			f. in 1975; in UEDF
United Ethiopian Democratic Forces		UEDF					52 of 547	f. 2003 by MEISON, EPRP and 13 other parties
Parties probably disbanded Ethiopian Workers' Revolutionary Party, Workers' Party of Ethiopia (Ye Ityopia Seratepnotch Parti)