2007 Ethiopian presidential election

9 October 2007

Nominee Girma Wolde-Giorgis Party Independent Electoral vote 430

President before election Girma Wolde-Giorgis Independent Elected President Girma Wolde-Giorgis Independent

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Indirect presidential elections were held in Ethiopia on October 9, 2007, in which the Ethiopian Parliament re-elected Girma Woldegiorgis for a second six-year term. He was first elected by the upper house, the House of Federation, before being elected by the lower house, the House of People's Representatives, with 430 votes in favor, 88 against, and 11 abstaining.^[1]

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