Ethiopia’s current Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, was sworn in for a new five-year term on Monday.
The swearing-in ceremony took place on the first day of the new five-year term of the Ethiopian House of Peoples’ Representatives (HoPR).
In June’s national elections, Abiy’s ruling party, the Prosperity Party, won by a landslide.
He was then named Prime Minister by the HoPR and the Ethiopian parliament’s lower house.
Ahmed is likely to create a new cabinet following his appointment, which will form the new federal government structure.
Ahmed was selected as the country’s prime minister for the first time in April 2018.
He had served the East African country at different high-level positions, including as minister of science and technology.
Ahmed’s Prosperity Party secured more than 400 out of 436 parliamentary electoral constituencies, according to the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia.
