Eritrea–Ethiopia federation

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The Eritrea–Ethiopia federation was a short-lived political union (1952–1962) in which Eritrea was granted autonomous status within the Ethiopian Empire under a federal arrangement later dissolved by Ethiopia.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federation ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
political union ⓘ
appliesToPart Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
capital Addis Ababa ⓘ
Asmara ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
currency Ethiopian birr ⓘ
dissolutionMethod abrogation of federal constitution ⓘ
unilateral annexation of Eritrea ⓘ
dissolvedBy Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
endTime 1962 ⓘ
establishedBy United Nations ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 390 A(V) ⓘ
executiveBody Eritrean Government ⓘ
followedBy Eritrea as a province of Ethiopia ⓘ
governmentSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasAutonomousEntity Eritrea ⓘ
hasCharacteristic asymmetric federation ⓘ
limited autonomy for Eritrea ⓘ
short-lived ⓘ
hasConstitution Eritrean federal constitution of 1952 ⓘ
headOfState Haile Selassie I ⓘ
legalForm federal arrangement ⓘ
legislativeBody Eritrean Assembly ⓘ
Ethiopian Imperial Parliament ⓘ
locatedIn Horn of Africa ⓘ
officialLanguage Amharic ⓘ
Arabic ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
partOf history of Eritrea ⓘ
history of Ethiopia ⓘ
precededBy British Military Administration in Eritrea ⓘ
reasonForFormation compromise between Eritrean unionists and independence advocates ⓘ
post–World War II settlement of Italian colonies ⓘ
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
resultOfDissolution growth of Eritrean independence movement ⓘ
outbreak of Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of Eritrean constitution in 1952 ⓘ
formal annexation of Eritrea by Ethiopia in 1962 ⓘ
startTime 1952 ⓘ
subdivision Eritrea ⓘ
subdivisionType autonomous unit ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Military Administration in Eritrea → followedBy → Eritrea–Ethiopia federation ⓘ
subject linked to: British military administration
Agordat → wasPartOf → Ethiopian-administered Eritrea ⓘ
linked to: Eritrea–Ethiopia federation