Brief Introduction
The population is 105 million. There are about 80 ethnic groups in the country, mainly Oromo (40%), Amhara (30%), Tigray (8%), Somalia (6%), and Sidamo (4 %). 45% of the residents believe in Ethiopia, 40-45% believe in Islam, 5% believe in Protestantism, and the rest believe in primitive religion. Amharic is a federal working language, English is also widely used, the main national languages are Oromo,Tigray, etc. One interesting policy for their president is that the “Presidential Bill” passed by the Ethiopian People’s Representative House in October 2001 stipulates that: the president shall be a non-partisan person, shall not have any political organization background, and shall not participate in party activities after leaving office; when the president is unable to perform his duties due to death or illness, Parliament appoints acting president.
