List of heads of state of Eritrea
Appearance
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President of the State of Eritrea | |
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ፕረዚደንት መንግስቲ ኤርትራ(Tigrinya) | |
Executive branch of the Eritrean Government | |
Style | His Excellency |
Residence | President's Office,Asmara |
Appointer | National Assembly† |
Term length | Five years; renewable once† |
Inaugural holder | Isaias Afwerki |
Formation | 24 May 1993 |
Deputy | Chairman of the National Assembly(de jure) |
Salary | 90,000Eritrean nakfa/6,000 USD annually[1] |
†: As theConstitution of Eritreahas to date never been implemented, elections have never been held and the incumbent has remained in office without being bound by fixed terms. |
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Since the establishment of the office of president in 1993, thehead of stateofEritreahas beenIsaias Afwerki.The president is also thehead of governmentof Eritrea, as well ascommander-in-chiefof theEritrean Defence Forces.
As of 2021, there are no term limits for the president in theConstitution of Eritrea.[2]
The list also includes the secretary-general of the Provisional Government of Eritrea, who acted as head of state between 1991 and 1993, before the proclamation of independence.
List of officeholders[edit]
Political parties
No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
•Provisional Government of Eritrea(1991–1993) • | |||||||
1 | Isaias Afwerki (born 1946) Secretary-General |
— | 27 April 1991 | 24 May 1993 | 2 years, 27 days | EPLF | |
•State of Eritrea(1993–present) • | |||||||
1 | Isaias Afwerki (born 1946)[a] |
— | 24 May 1993 | Incumbent | 31 years, 54 days | PFDJ |
Timeline[edit]
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Notes[edit]
- ^Also Chairman of theNational Assembly.
References[edit]
- ^Today, Latest Africa News, Headlines & Top Stories (5 November 2018)."African Leaders With The Lowest Salaries".Archived fromthe originalon 22 March 2019.
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:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^Cook, Candace; Siegle, Joseph."Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa".Africa Center for Strategic Studies.Archivedfrom the original on 6 May 2023.Retrieved6 May2023.