2024 Ethiopian presidential election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2024 Ethiopian presidential election

| country = Ethiopia

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| party_colour=yes

| party_name=yes

| previous_election = 2018 Ethiopian presidential election

| previous_year = 2018

| next_election = 2030 Ethiopian presidential election

| next_year = 2030

| election_date = 7 October 2024

| image1 = 150x150px

| nominee1 = Taye Atske Selassie

| electoral_vote1 = Unopposed

| color1 =

| party1= Independent (politician)

| title = President

| before_election = Sahle-Work Zewde

| before_party = Independent

| after_election = Taye Atske Selassie

| after_party = Independent

}}

{{Politics of Ethiopia}}

A presidential election was held in Ethiopia on 7 October 2024 to elect its next president.{{cite news |last1=Yibeltal |first1=Kalkidan |title=Ethiopia president replaced after falling out with PM |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g401e086no |access-date=9 October 2024 |work=BBC |date=7 October 2024}}

Diplomat and outgoing minister of foreign affairs Taye Atske Selassie was elected without contest to a six-year term amid tensions between former president Sahle-Work Zewde and prime minister Abiy Ahmed.{{cite news |last1=Tadesse |first1=Fasika |title=Ethiopia Lawmakers Vote Taye as New President in Surprise Move |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-07/ethiopia-lawmakers-vote-taye-as-new-president-in-surprise-move |access-date=9 October 2024 |work=Bloomberg |date=7 October 2024}}