The Ethiopian Social Democratic Party (, ESDP) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

. the leaders of the ESDP are chairman

Beyene Petros Beyene Petros (; 11 March 1950 – 17 September 2024) was an Ethiopian politician and educator who was the Professor of Biology at Addis Ababa University and a former member of the Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives, representing an ele ...

, vice chairman Mulu Meja, and secretary Alema Koira. During the 2005 elections, which were held in 15 May of that year, the party was part of the

United Ethiopian Democratic Forces The United Ethiopian Democratic Forces () was a coalition of several political parties in Ethiopia which combined to compete for seats in the Ethiopian general elections held on 15 May 2005. The main constituent parties were the Oromo Nation ...

, which won 52 out of 527 seats in the

Council of People's Representatives The House of Peoples' Representatives is the lower house of the Ethiopia, Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly. Located in the capital Addis Ababa, the House has 547 members. All are elected in theory for five-year term in single-seat constit ...

. Beyene Petros announced in February 2006 that the party would change its name from Ethiopian Social Democratic Federal Party to the Ethiopian Social Democratic Party, emphasizing its connections with the European

Social democratic Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...

movement.''ethiopianreporter.com'', April 21, 2006
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