Leaders

Abiy Ahmed

Who leads Ethiopia? Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister. Profile, record and power assessment from the Magna Bureau leader index.

Prime Minister — Ethiopia

Record & power

Record score	55
Power score	48

Country momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

Why it matters

Completed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Africa's largest hydro project); rapid infrastructure build-out; digital ID and telecom liberalization.
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (5,150 MW, completed); Addis Ababa corridor developments; industrial parks; telecom liberalization.
Tigray war saw mass atrocities by all sides with Eritrean troops implicated; journalists jailed; Amhara and Oromia conflicts produce ongoing abuses.
BRICS member since 2024; ties with UAE, China, and Russia deepened; strained with Egypt over the Nile and Somalia over Somaliland port deal.

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Ethiopia Rankings

Across the Bureau

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